English
antenarrative
From ante- + narrative.
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 narrō ‘to narrate’
Latin narrātīvus
Middle French narratif
Middle Scots narrative
English narrative
Today it means
noun The process by which a retrospective narrative is linked to a living story.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antenarrative