English
antepenultimatum
From ante- + penultimatum.
Formed from ante- + penultimatum
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-
Today it means
noun A statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, essentially a penultimatum, but even more tentative and more repeatedly abandoned in favour of subsequent ignominious compromises.
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Etymograph / antepenultimatum