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anthume

“anthume” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. anthumous

In French

  1. ou Qualifie un ouvrage publié du vivant de quelqu’un.
  2. Qui a lieu du vivant de quelqu’un.

Etymology

From Latin ante- + a supposed Latinate suffix -hume. Formed on analogy with posthume, analysed incorrectly as post- + humus (“after being placed in the earth”), whence the orthography of that word.

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