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English
Prefix
ant-
- A variant form of anti- used before a vowel.
- antacid
- A variant form of ante- used before a vowel.
- antumbra
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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")
- Used at the beginning of numerals from 70 to 90
- antsiƀuntig "seventy"
- Used to indicate decade
- antahtoda "decade eighth"