Anticipation etymology

English

English word anticipation comes from Latin anticipo (I surpass, excel.. I take or get before; anticipate.)

Etymology of anticipation

Detailed word origin of anticipation

Dictionary entry Language Definition
anticipo Latin (lat) I surpass, excel.. I take or get before; anticipate.
anticipatio Latin (lat) Anticipation. Preconception.
anticipation English (en) (finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.. (music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.. (obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.. (rhetoric) Prolepsis.. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in [...]