preposition
ab ante1
ab ante (+ accusative)
Meaning
- Late Latinproscribedwith accusativeaway from before, in front of, before
et absconderunt se Adam et mulier eius abante faciem Domini Dei
and Adam and his wife hid themselves away from before the face of Godc. 3rd–4th century CE, Vetus Latina, Genesis 3:8; republished as Bonifatius Fischer, editor, Vetus Latina. Die Reste der altlateinischen Bibel, volume 1, 1949, page 63:5th c. CE, Sergius (grammarian)
Nobody [who speaks correctly] says de post the forum', nor 'ab ante' it.
Origins
From ab (“away from”) + ante (“before”).
Italo-Romance
- Italianavanti
- Italianavante
- Italiandavanti
- Italiandavante
- Istriotananti
- Sicilianavanti
Occitano-Romance
- Catalanavant
- Portugueseavantefrom Catalan avant
- Spanishavantefrom Catalan avant
- Occitanavant
- Aragoneseabant
- Asturianavantefrom Catalan avant
- Galicianavantefrom Catalan avant
- Mirandeseabantefrom Catalan avant
- Tagalogabantefrom Catalan avant
Balkan Romance
- Romanianainte
- Romanianînainte
- Aromanianãnti
- Aromaniannãnti
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchavantfrom Old French avant
- Englishavauntfrom Old French avant
- Franco-Provençalavant
- Normanavantfrom Old French avant
Vulgar Latin
- Catalanabansfrom unknown *abantius
- Occitanabansfrom unknown *abantius
- unknown*abanteāre
- Sicilianavanzifrom unknown *abantius
North Italian
- Ligurianavànti
- Romanshavant
- Romanshavon
- Romanshaunz
- Romanshavaunt
- Venetanvanti
- Venetaninvanti