English
antejentacular
From ante- + jentacular.
Formed from ante- + jentacular
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-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- ‘to sacrifice’
Proto-Italic *jagjentō
Latin ieientō ‘to breakfast’
Latin iēntāculum ‘breakfast’
English jentacular
Today it means
adj Occurring before breakfast.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antejentacular