English
antemarginal
From ante- + marginal.
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 *mórǵs ‘boundary, border’
Latin margō ‘margin’
Medieval Latin marginālis
English marginal
Today it means
adj Located a little within the margin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antemarginal