antefirma

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Proto-Italic *anti

Latin ante

Latin ante-bor.

Spanish ante-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *dʰermos

Proto-Italic *θermos

Proto-Italic *fermos

Latin firmus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin firmāreder.

Spanish firmardeverb.

Spanish firma

Spanish antefirma

From ante- + firma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anteˈfiɾma/ [ãn̪.t̪eˈfiɾ.ma]
• Rhymes: -iɾma
• Syllabification: an‧te‧fir‧ma

Noun

antefirma f (plural antefirmas)

1. a title placed before a signature

Further reading

• “antefirma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025