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Where does “antepenultimate” come from?

antepenultimate (English) comes from Latin antepaenultima — nominative feminine singular of antepaenultimus;...

antepenultimate (English): Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately...

Definitions

  1. Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately...

Ancestry of “antepenultimate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinantepaenultimanominative feminine singular of antepaenultimus;...

Words derived from “antepenultimate”

  • preantepenultimate
  • antepenultimately
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