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Where does “antejentacular” come from?

antejentacular (English) comes from English jentacular, from Latin ientaculum, from Latin -culum, from Proto-Italic -klom, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

antejentacular (English): Occurring before breakfast

Definitions

  1. Occurring before breakfast

Ancestry of “antejentacular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjentacularOf or pertaining to a breakfast taken early in...
2Latinientaculumbreakfast, particularly right upon getting up
3Latin-culumnominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative...
4Proto-Italic-klom—
5Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
6Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
7Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “antejentacular”

  • antejentacularly
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