terminus ante quem

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von terminus ante quem im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

the date before which a document must have been written

the date before which an archaeological artifact must have been deposited

The latest possible date for something

Terminus post quem ("limit after which", often abbreviated to TPQ) and terminus ante quem ("limit before which") specify approximate dates for events. A terminus post quem is the earliest time the event may have happened, and a terminus ante quem is the latest

Silbentrennung

ter·mi·nus an·te quem

Etymologie

() From the Latin terminus (“a boundary, a limit”) and ante (“before”) and quem (“which”), the accusative of quī (“what”). Literally meaning "the limit before which".