Essential Word Roots: Before You Know It: Ante

Each player contributes a fixed stake or “ante.” Various

The word antebellum is used to refer to the period and architecture in the US South before the Civil War. BBC (Jul 9, 2020)

But the origin of the fable antecedes the destruction of Poseidonis by more than seventy thousand years, however incredible it may seem. Various

To understand these issues, we need to connect them to their historical antecedents. Washington Post (Mar 3, 2017)

“This is merely the antechamber, the entrance hall,” said Dumbledore after a moment or two. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

These stones antedate even the long-ago, medieval world in which this “Macbeth” is set. New York Times (Jun 5, 2014)

Some sites invite you to join the throwback party in a tactile way, either by suiting up in historic garb or trying your hand at antediluvian crafts or trades. Washington Post (Jan 31, 2019)

It’s typical of The Americans, then, that its antepenultimate episode, rather than its finale, is called “The Summit.” Slate (May 31, 2018)

Causality is the necessary law that connects each phenomenon with its anterior conditions. Various

Before long we were waiting in an anteroom of the palace alongside other girls from schools all over the country. In the Time of the Butterflies