English
anteposition
Anteposition comes from Latin antepōnō ‘to put or place in front of’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEantepōnōas anteponere‘to put or place in front of’
- Englishtodayanteposition
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEantepōnōas anteponere‘to put or place in front of’
- Englishtodayanteposition
Every English word from Latin antepōnō
Today it means
noun The placing of something in front of something else, especially of words in a sentence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin antepōnō / anteposition