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Where does “antepenultimately” come from?

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

antepenultimately (English): Second from the last in serial order

Definitions

  1. Second from the last in serial order

Ancestry of “antepenultimately”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishantepenultimateTwo before the last, i.e., the one immediately...
2Latinantepaenultimanominative feminine singular of antepaenultimus;...
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