English
antemundane
From ante- + mundane.
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 mundus ‘world’
Late Latin mundānus ‘worldly, mundane’
Old French mondain
Middle English mondeyne
English mundane
Today it means
adj Being or occurring prior to the creation of the world.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antemundane