English
anteglacial
From ante- + glacial.
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 glaciēs ‘ice’
Latin glaciālis ‘icy, frozen, glacial’
French glacial ‘freezing, ice-cold, very cold’
English glacial
Today it means
adj Occurring before a glacial period.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anteglacial