English

anteconsonantic

From ante- + consonantic.

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-

Today it means

adj Synonym of anteconsonantal.

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

Etymograph / anteconsonantic