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Where does “antidater” come from?

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

antidater (French): To backdate

Definitions

  1. To backdate

Ancestry of “antidater”, step by step

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

Words derived from “antidater”

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