前   Avant   Before  

avant ('from before', before): advance (avance), advantage (avantage)
avant-garde ('front line', vanguard): avant-garde, vanguard
antérieur ('more in front', former): anterior
ancêtre ('one who goes before'): ancestor
antécédent ('going before'): antecedent
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pre- (before): preposition ⇨ Poser: to Set
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post- (after): posterior (postérieur), posterity ('which comes after', postérité), to postpone ('to put after', ajourner, différer) ⇨ Poser: to Set, postposition ⇨ Poser: to Set

★  defer comes from différer ('to carry apart', to delay).
★  ante (Latin 'before') should not be confused with anti (Greek 'against', 'opposite') although both words share the same origin.

It antenato ('born before', ancestor)

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内 Intra-: Inside
外 Extra-: Outside
下 Infra-: Under, Below
上 Supra-: Over, Above
介 Inter-: Between
另 Autre: Other
自 Propre: Own
同 Semblable: Same
前 Avant: Before
加 Plus: More
近 Proche: Near

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