ant-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ant"

English

Prefix

ant-

  1. A variant form of anti- used before a vowel.
    antacid
  2. A variant form of ante- used before a vowel.
    antumbra

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with ant-
Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hundą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm (“hundred”).

Related to the second part of Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (sibuntēhund, “seventy”). Akin to Old English hund-, Old Dutch ant-, cognate with Latin centum.

Prefix

ant- ("ten")

  1. Used at the beginning of numerals from 70 to 90
    antsiƀuntig "seventy"
  2. Used to indicate decade
    antahtoda "decade eighth"
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