| 1 | English | anticipation | The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or... |
| 2 | Latin | anticipatio | preconception; anticipation |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρόληψις | preconception, mental picture; taking beforehand;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | προλαμβάνω | take beforehand, anticipate |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρό- | in front of; before |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |