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Advent

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event
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Stage 1 of 2
adventus
Latin · ancient
"an arrival, a coming"
an arrival, a coming, from ad- (to) and venire (to come)
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Stage 2 of 2
advent
English · 1100s
"the arrival or coming of something significant"
settled as the English word for the arrival of something significant
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