Where does “antejentacularly” come from?
antejentacularly (English) comes from English antejentacular, 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...
antejentacularly (English): Before breakfast
Definitions
- Before breakfast
Ancestry of “antejentacularly”, step by step
antejentacularly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English antejentacular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | antejentacular | Occurring before breakfast |
| 2 | English | jentacular | Of or pertaining to a breakfast taken early in... |
| 3 | Latin | ientaculum | breakfast, particularly right upon getting up |
| 4 | Latin | -culum | nominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |