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Avenue comes from Old French avenir ‘approach’, and goes back to Latin adveniō ‘come to’.

1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadveniō¹as adveniō‘come to’
2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400avenir¹‘approach’
3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400avenue¹feminine past participle of avenir
4. Frenchc. 1600–presentavenue¹
5. Englishearliest quotation 1642avenue¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English avenue
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1642, James Howell, Section III: “[S]ome have used to get on the top of…”.