antae.
The pillars on each side of doors or at the corners of buildings
Meaning & usage
The pillars on each side of doors or at the corners of buildings
Where this word comes from
Pokorny suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énHteh₂ (“doorjamb, doorpost”), which has continued to be accepted by later linguists. Cognates include Sanskrit आता (ā́tā, “door frame”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬁 (aⁱθiiā, “doorpost”), Old Armenian դրանդի (drandi, “doorpost, threshold”), Proto-Germanic *andō (“vestibule, porch”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.