Etymology of the English word antechamber
the English word
antechamberderived from the Old French word
antechamberderived from the Italian word
anticameraderived from the Italian word
anti-using the Latin prefix
ante-derived from the Latin word
ante (before)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ant-derived from the Italian word
cameraderived from the Late Latin word
camera (camera; room, vault, vaulted)
derived from the Greek word
kamara, καμάρα
derived from the French word
antichambrederived from the Old French word
chambrederived from the Late Latin word
camera (camera; room, vault, vaulted)
derived from the Greek word
kamara, καμάρα
using the French prefix
anti-derived from the New Latin prefix
anti-derived from the Greek prefix
anti-, ἀντι-
derived from the Greek word
anti, ἀντί (against, before, opposite, instead or because of)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*anti-Date
The earliest known usage of antechamber in English dates from the 17th century.
Cognates
French
antichambreUsage
Word found in Modern English
