adverb/deˈlante/
in front of, before (spatially); forward, forwards (with hacia preceding it); ahead (with por preceding it)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old Spanish de Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Old Latin en Latin in 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 Late Latin in ante Old Spanish enante Old Spanish denante Old Spanish delante Spanish delante Inherited from Old Spanish delante, from earlier