Etymology

ante-Nicene

Today it means: Of or relating to those early Christians who lived before the council of Nicea in 325 AD. Full definition →

English Nicene ← Classical Latin ante- ← Latin ante
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Proto-Italic*anti
  5. Latinante
  6. Classical Latinante-
  7. Englishante-
  8. EnglishNicene
  9. English todayante-Nicene

From ante- + Nicene.

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