Where does “antépénultième” come from?
antépénultième (French) comes from French pénultième, from Latin paenultimus, from Latin paene, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
antépénultième (French): antepenultimate
Ancestry of “antépénultième”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pénultième | penultimate |
| 2 | Latin | paenultimus | penultimate |
| 3 | Latin | paene | almost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barely |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |