English

ante-Nicene

From ante- + Nicene.

A compound of ante- + Nicene

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Proto-Italic *anti ‘before’

Latin ante ‘of space. in front, before, forwards’

English ante-

Latin Nīcaenus

Today it means

adj Of or relating to those early Christians who lived before the council of Nicea in 325 AD.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ante-Nicene