Originally Posted by
afroakuma
Not hardly. Ante- has entered English as a prefix meaning "before" in words such as antecedent, antebellum and anterior, to name a few. Per- as a prefix in English has numerous connotations; "through," "thoroughly" and "extremely" all line up to some extent. The Latin word per, meanwhile, indicates "through" or "during."
If you're campaigning on "Latin is a silly language," you've got another thing coming.