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Where does “antebellum” come from?

Antebellum comes from Latin ante bellum, literally meaning "before the war."

antebellum (English): Of the time period prior to a war; In the United...

Definitions

  1. Of the time period prior to a war; In the United...

Ancestry of “antebellum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin[[ante]] [[bellum]]—
Every word from Latin [[ante]] [[bellum]] →