terminus ante quem
nounEtymology
From the Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”) and ante (“before”) and quem (“which”), the accusative of quī (“what”). Literally meaning "the limit before which".
- derived from terminus
Definitions
The date before which an event in the past must have occurred
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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for terminus ante quem. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA