![]() In a few English words ( anticipate, antique) it represents Latin ante. It appears in some words in Middle English but was not commonly used in English word formations until modern times. A common compounding element in Greek, in some combinations it became anth- for euphonic reasons. It is cognate with Sanskrit anti "over, against," and Old English and- (the first element in answer). ![]() ![]() Word-forming element of Greek origin meaning "against, opposed to, opposite of, instead," shortened to ant- before vowels and -h-, from Old French anti- and directly from Latin anti-, from Greek anti (prep.) "over, against, opposite instead, in the place of as good as at the price of for the sake of compared with in opposition to in return counter-," from PIE *anti "against," also "in front of, before" (from root *ant- "front, forehead," with derivatives meaning "in front of, before"), which became anti- in Italian (hence antipasto) and French. ![]()
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