Anticipatory
/ænˈtɪs.ɪ.pə.tɔː.ri/noun
Serving to anticipate or occurring in advance of something else.
Did you know?Anticipatory ultimately traces back to Latin *ante* (“before”) + *capere* (“to take”), the same root behind words like capture and captive—so the core image is literally “taking before.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kap-
“to seize, grasp”
Latin
Latin
capere
“to take, seize”
Latin
Latin
anticipāre
“to take beforehand, to anticipate”
Late Latin
Latin
anticipātorius
“pertaining to anticipating or doing in advance”
Middle English
English
anticipatif / anticipatory
“done in advance; anticipating”
Modern English
English
anticipatory
“expressing or involving anticipation or advance preparation”