English Explanatory Dictionary

terminus ante quem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The date before which an event in the past must have occurred: the date before which a document must have been written, the date before which an archaeological artifact must have been deposited, and so on.

Word forms

terminus ante quem

Etymology

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

Antonyms

terminus post quem terminus a quo

Related words

no later than
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