ante-
before, in front of
Latin · ante
Latin ante means "before", in time or place. An antechamber is a room before the main room, antenatal care is before birth, antebellum means before the war, and a.m. stands for ante meridiem, before noon.
Memory trick
ANTE sounds like "ANT-ee": the ant comes BEFORE the elephant in line.
Words from this root
- antecedent (ante + ced + ent) — what comes before, causeपूर्ववर्ती
- antecedence (ante + ced + ence) — priority in timeपूर्वता
- antedate (ante + date) — to come before in dateपहले की तारीख़ डालना
- anterior (anter + ior) — at the front, earlierअग्र, पहले का
- antebellum (ante + bellum) — before the warयुद्ध से पहले का
- antechamber (ante + chamber) — small room before a main roomप्रतीक्षा कक्ष
- antediluvian (ante + diluvian) — before the flood, very oldबहुत पुराना
- antenatal (ante + natal) — before birthजन्म से पहले का
- anteroom (ante + room) — waiting roomप्रतीक्षालय
- antemeridian (ante + meridian) — before noonदोपहर से पहले का