the time before noon is ante meridian
Ante Meridian (before noon)
The initials AM stands for "After Midnight".
a.m. stands for Ante Meridian from the Latin Ante MeridiemLatin = "before midday"Now means before noon.
"Post meridiem" and "ante meridiem" (Latin for "after noon" and "before noon.")
It stands for ante meridiem which is Latin for "before noon".
Ante Meridiem. The period from Midnight to Noon is suffixed with "AM" to the time number in 12 hour format. The part before noon is called "Ante Meridiem" in Latin.
AnswerAM stands for ante meridiem. Ante is before, and meridiem means noon. Both are derived from the latin words ante, meaning "before" and meri-(middle) diem (day), noon.
It stands for the latin phrase, 'Ante Meridiam', which literally means 'before noon'.
A.M. is short for the Latin phrase ante meridiem meaning "before noon".P.M. is post meridiem meaning "after noon".
am means ante meridiem = before noon (time between midnight and noon - 0:00 -12:00), pm means post meridiem=after noon (time between noon and midnight - 12:00- 12:00).
It means 12 midnight to 11:59 just before noon. It is a translation from latin "ante meridien", meaning before noon
A.M. means "ante meridian". This refers to morning time; anytime before noon.