ANTE = “before”

Latin antĕ

Level One

  • [dict] ante meridiem [MEDI] [DIE] before midday, that is, morning = A.M.

    Level Two

  • [dict] ante a bet made before cards are dealt
  • [dict] antebellum [BELL] in the period before the war (in the U.S., usually the Civil War)
  • [dict] antecedent [CED] something that goes (or comes) before; in grammar, the noun to which a pronoun refers
  • [dict] anterior [-IOR] earlier in time, or closer to the front in space

    Level Three

  • [dict] antepenultimate [PEN¹] [ULT] third-to-last (literally “before the almost last”)

    Derivatives in Latinate Languages

  • es: antes
  • fr: avant
  • it: prima from [PRIM]
  • pt: antes

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