36.0k views
1 vote
Antebellum is made up of two words from _____ .

a
Greek
b
Latin
c
French
d
German

1 Answer

5 votes
"Antebellum" means "before the war," but it wasn't widely associated with the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) until after that conflict was over. The word comes from the Latin phrase "ante bellum" (literally, "before the war"), and its earliest known print appearance in English dates back to the 1840s.

The answer is B
User Christok
by
8.2k points

No related questions found

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.