English
antemetallic
From ante- + metallic.
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-
Ancient Greek μέταλλον ‘metal’
Latin metallum ‘metal’
Latin metallicus ‘yielding or abounding in metal’
English metallic
Today it means
adj Before the discovery and use of metals.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antemetallic