English
anteverbal
From ante- + verbal.
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 *werh₁- ‘to speak, say’
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Proto-Italic *werðom ‘word’
Latin verbum ‘word’
Late Latin verbālis ‘belonging to a word’
Old French verbal
English verbal
Today it means
adj Prior to being verbal (using words).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anteverbal