antes

Spanish

adv
Definitions
  • earlier, before, sooner, previously, formerly, beforehand at an earlier time
  • soon in certain phrases
  • ahead temporally, ahead of when followed by l
  • once, formerly in the past
  • first before a condition is fulfilled
  • rather, sooner used to specify a preference

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish antes inherited from Latin ante (before, in front of, in front, forward, preposition and prefix, beforehand, in advance) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (before, in front of, facing opposite, near, across, forth, opposite, front, forward, ahead), *h₁eǵʰs (out, out of, from).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₁eǵʰs

Gloss

out, out of, from

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