earlier; before; sooner; previously; formerly; beforehand (at an earlier time) · soon (in certain phrases) · ahead (temporally), ahead of (when followed by de)
zıt: después, luego, posteriormente, a posteriori
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish antes, from ante with the adverbial -s, the former from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti.
Expresses the indirect object: to; for · Expresses the direction of movement: to; towards; into · Forms adverbial phrases of manner: by, -ly
köken: From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 (pʿn) / PWN (pad, “to, at, in, on”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹 (p-t-i-y /patiy/), from Proto-Iranian *pati-. Northern Luri ڤە (ve).
köken: From Middle Dutch alse, an unstressed form of also (modern alzo). The sense “whether” is possibly a semantic loan from Sranan Tongo efu (“if, when; if, whether”).
Als je die knop indrukt, gaat de computer uit.
Als het regent worden alle daken nat.
Dinsdagochtend op een grindpad / Het weekend geweest / Men maakt zich op / Voor de wandeling / Als ging men naar een feest
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís Proto-Balto-Slavic *is Proto-Slavic *jь Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *jakъ Proto-Slavic *jako Old Polish jak Polish jak Inherited from Old Polish jak.
indicates anteriority. before · of space. in front, before, forwards · of time. before
zıt: post
köken: From Proto-Italic *anti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti, locative singular of the root noun *h₂ent- (“front, front side”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “opposite, facing”), Sanskrit अन्ति (ánti), Old Armenian ընդ (ənd), Tocharian B ānte, and English and. The change from PIE ablative to Latin accusative is like the confrontational accusative used with Ancient Greek παρά (pará).
köken: From Old Norse fyrr, from Proto-Germanic *furi, *furiz (“for, before”). Cognates include Swedish före, för, English for, and German für. A different form of the same word, Proto-Germanic *furai, is found in Danish for and German vor.