in ante

Latin

Etymology

From in + ante (before). Found in Jerome, the Itinerarium Antonini, and Egeria as well as in Medieval Latin authors such as Bede.[1]

Adverb

in ante (not comparable) (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)

  1. before

Preposition

in ante (+ accusative) (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)

  1. before

Descendants

  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Old Italian: inante, nante, enanti, nanti
    • Neapolitan: 'nnante, 'nnènte (Agnone)
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old Franco-Provençal: enant denant
    • Old French: anant
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Old Catalan: enant
    • Old Occitan: enant, enan denan
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Vulgar Latin: *inantius
    • Italian: innanzi dinnanzi
    • Old French: enanz, enans
    • Old Occitan: inanç, enans
    • Piedmontese: anans dnans
    • Venetian: anànsi

References

  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “inante”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 616
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