vantage

 
Pronunciation: /ˈvɑːntɪdʒ/
(also vantage point)

noun

  • a place or position affording a good view of something: from my vantage point I could see into the front garden figurative the past is continuously reinterpreted from the vantage point of the present

Origin:

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, shortening of Old French avantage 'advantage'