adjective
anthumous
From Latin ante- + a supposed Latinate suffix -hume. Formed on analogy with posthume, analysed incorrectly as post- + humus (“after being placed in the earth”), whence the orthography of that word.
anthumous
From Latin ante- + a supposed Latinate suffix -hume. Formed on analogy with posthume, analysed incorrectly as post- + humus (“after being placed in the earth”), whence the orthography of that word.