Where does “antedate” come from?
Antedate comes from English ante- combined with date, where ante derives from Latin ante meaning "before," from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti.
antedate (English): To occur before an event or time; to exist...
Definitions
- To occur before an event or time; to exist...
Ancestry of “antedate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | date | The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix... |
| 2 | Middle English | date | — |
| 3 | Old French | date | date |
| 4 | Latin | data | nominative feminine singular of datus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 6 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 7 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
Words derived from “antedate”