Where does “antenarrative” come from?
antenarrative (English) comes from English narrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin nārrātīvus, from Latin narro, from Latin nārō, from Proto-Italic gnārāō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₃ro-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
antenarrative (English): The process by which a retrospective narrative is linked to a living story
Definitions
- The process by which a retrospective narrative is linked to a living story
Ancestry of “antenarrative”, step by step
antenarrative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English narrative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | narrative | Telling a story; Overly talkative; garrulous; Of... |
| 2 | Middle French | narratif | — |
| 3 | Latin | nārrātīvus | — |
| 4 | Latin | narro | I narrate, recount; I report; I tell, speak |
| 5 | Latin | nārō | that flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the Neretva or Narenta |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gnārāō | I make known, I tell; to make known, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃ro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
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 |