Etymology. Borrowed from Latin anterior (“that is before, foremost”).
- What is the meaning by anterior?
- What is the root word for etymology?
- What's the etymology of the word word?
What is the meaning by anterior?
anterior. adjective. an·te·ri·or an-ˈtir-ē-ər. : relating to or situated near or toward the head or toward the part in headless animals most nearly corresponding to the head. : situated toward the front of the body : ventral.
What is the root word for etymology?
“Etymology” derives from the Greek word etumos, meaning “true.” Etumologia was the study of words' “true meanings.” This evolved into “etymology” by way of the Old French ethimologie.
What's the etymology of the word word?
word (n.) Old English word "speech, talk, utterance, sentence, statement, news, report, word," from Proto-Germanic *wurda- (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian word, Dutch woord, Old High German, German wort, Old Norse orð, Gothic waurd), from PIE *were- (3) "speak, say" (see verb).