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