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Where does “antidate” come from?

antidate (French) comes from French antidater, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

antidate (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “antidate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchantidaterTo backdate
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “antidate”

  • antidater
  • antidate
  • antedateren
Every word from Old French -ier →