avauncen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• avancen

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin ab

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Proto-Italic *anti

Latin ante

Late Latin ab ante

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin *abanteāre

Old French avancierbor.

Middle English avauncen

From Anglo-Norman avauncier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvau̯nsən/

Verb

avauncen

1. to advance

Conjugation

Conjugation of avauncen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) avauncen, avaunce
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	avaunce	avaunced
2nd-person singular	avauncest	avauncedest
3rd-person singular	avaunceth	avaunced
subjunctive singular	avaunce
imperative singular		—
plural1	avauncen, avaunce	avaunceden, avauncede
imperative plural	avaunceth, avaunce	—
participles	avauncynge, avauncende	avaunced

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: advance (/d/ by analogy with ad-)
• Yola: avancet (preterite)

References

• “avauncen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.