English

antessive

From ante- + essive.

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 *h₁es- ‘to be’

Latin esse

New Latin casus essīvus

Today it means

adj Indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / antessive