köken: From Middle High German bevor, bevorn, from Old High German bifora, biforan (“before”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *bifuranē. By surface analysis, be- + vor. Cognate with English before.
köken: Inherited from Middle French avant, from Old French avant (“before, prior in time, forward”), from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).
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.