anthume
French
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.
Further reading
“anthume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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