davantage French · revision 16666

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1360, Froissart (d'avantage); 1530 (davantage)|origins=la-lat abante}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /da.vɑ̃.taʒ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''davantage'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Earlier ''d'avantage'' (from 1360), still frequent in the 16th century.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|de|avantage]], written as one word.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873) [[avantage]] is formed from [[avant]], which continues [[la-lat|abante|t=before]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Bloch and Wartburg explain that it came in to replace [[plus]] at a time when popular speech was dropping the negative particle [[ne]], which made the bare adverb sound like the negative “no more”, except where a following [[que]] made the comparison clear.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Old French ''d'avantage'' had senses now gone: “without anything in return” (Gace Brulé, 1179–85), “in advance” (Froissart, 14th century) and “moreover” (Commynes, 15th century).^(TLFi) Froissart's ''perdus d'avantage'' is “utterly lost”.^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Palsgrave (1530) has it in the modern sense “in greater quantity”: ''il m'a cousté vingt livres et davantage'' “it cost me twenty pounds and more”.^(TLFi) ''D'avantage que'' “more than” is in Amyot (1559) and ''davantage de'' in Malherbe (1587); ''davantage'' “longer” is found in Scarron (1658) and Molière (1667).^(TLFi) The classical language also used it for “the most” and “moreover”, uses now archaic or literary.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1179–85 – ''D'avantage'' “without return”, Gace Brulé.^(TLFi)

+ * 1360 – ''D'avantage'', Froissart.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1530 – “In greater quantity”, Palsgrave.^(TLFi)

+ * 1559 – ''D'avantage que'', Amyot.^(TLFi)

+ * 1587 – ''Davantage de'', Malherbe.^(TLFi)

+ * 1658 – “Longer”, Scarron.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # More: ''il en voudrait davantage'', ''bien davantage''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(dated)'' Longer: ''ne restez pas davantage''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(literary)'' The most: ''celui qui me plaît davantage''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''Davantage de'' (with a noun): more, ''davantage que'', more than.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(classical)'' Moreover.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[avantage]]

+ * [[avant]]

+ * [[plus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}