Etymology

antemundane

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Today it means: Being or occurring prior to the creation of the world. Full definition →

English mundane ← 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. Englishmundane
  9. English todayantemundane

From ante- + mundane.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.