avant la lettre

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  Before the term was coined (the term being a word or phrase used just previously in an anachronistic way)

Translations

 * Finnish: ennen sanan olemassaoloa
 * Dutch"
 * French:
 * Italian: ante litteram

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From a caption added to an engraving to describe the drawing.

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  before lettering, before letters; proof engraving, proof before letters
 * 2)   before the term was coined
 * 1)   before the term was coined
 * 1)   before the term was coined
 * 1)   before the term was coined