See avaunt on Wiktionary
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"word": "avaunt"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "LL.",
"3": "ab ante"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin ab ante",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "la",
"3": "ab"
},
"expansion": "Latin ab",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂ent-",
"4": "",
"5": "front, forehead"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "preposition"
},
"expansion": "avaunt",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Romansch",
"lang_code": "rm",
"pos": "prep",
"related": [
{
"english": "before, beforehand",
"word": "aunz"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Puter Romansch",
"Romansch entries with incorrect language header",
"Romansch lemmas",
"Romansch prepositions",
"Romansch terms derived from Late Latin",
"Romansch terms derived from Latin",
"Romansch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Romansch terms inherited from Late Latin",
"Romansch terms inherited from Latin"
],
"glosses": [
"ago"
],
"links": [
[
"ago",
"ago"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Puter) ago"
],
"tags": [
"Puter"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Rumantsch-Grischun",
"Surmiran",
"Vallander"
],
"word": "avant"
},
{
"tags": [
"Sursilvan"
],
"word": "avon"
},
{
"tags": [
"Sutsilvan"
],
"word": "avànt"
}
],
"word": "avaunt"
}
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