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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: 'further in front', from ante; ANTE-

anterior

 adjective
     
an‧ter‧i‧or [no comparative]
1 technical at or towards the front [↪ posterior]:
anterior vertebrae
2 formal happening or existing before something else
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