Where does “antepenúltimo” come from?

antepenúltimo (Spanish) comes from Spanish penúltimo, from Latin paenultimus, from Latin paene, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

antepenúltimo (Spanish): antepenultimate, third to last

Definitions

  1. antepenultimate, third to last

Ancestry of “antepenúltimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpenúltimopenultimate
2Latinpaenultimuspenultimate
3Latinpaenealmost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barely
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Latin paene →Every word from Latin paenultimus →