Morpheme
Ant
Type
bound base
Denotation
before, front
Etymology
Latin ante
Evidence
antic, anticipate, anticipated, anticipates, anticipating, anticipatingly, anticipation, antics, antipasto, antiquarian, antiquarianism, antiquarianist, antiquarianize, antiquarianly, antiquarist, antiquary, antiquated, antique, antiquitarian, antiquitarianism, antiquitarians, antiquities, antiquity, unanticipated
Notes
antic and antique are doublets
Modern Base Analysis
<Antiquite> denoting antiquity
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal constructions -itarian
from antiquity (<Ant + -ique -i- + -ty>), from Latin antīquitās
antiquitarian, antiquitarianism, antiquitarians
