Where does “antegrammatical” come from?
antegrammatical (English) comes from English grammatical, from Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticalis, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
antegrammatical (English): Prior to the formation of a grammar
Definitions
- Prior to the formation of a grammar
Ancestry of “antegrammatical”, step by step
antegrammatical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grammatical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grammatical | Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or... |
| 2 | Middle French | grammatical | — |
| 3 | Latin | grammaticalis | grammatical; of or pertaining to grammar |
| 4 | Latin | grammatica | grammar, philology; ablative singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | grammaticus | of or pertaining to the study of language, of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γραμματικός | knowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English ante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ante | A price or cost, as in up the ante; In poker and... |
| 2 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |