Etymology

antevocalic

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Today it means: Synonym of prevocalic. Full definition →

English vocalic ← French vocalique ← Classical 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. Frenchvocal
  9. Frenchvocalique
  10. Englishvocalic
  11. English todayantevocalic

From ante- + vocalic.

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