English
antemodern
From ante- + modern.
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 *med- ‘to measure’
…
Latin modus ‘measure’
Latin modo ‘just now’
Late Latin modernus
Middle French moderne ‘modern’
English modern
Today it means
adj Before modern or modernity or modernization.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antemodern