Etymology

anti-Semite

Today it means: Someone with anti-Semitic views. Full definition →

German Antisemit
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  1. German · derived fromantisemitisch
  2. German · borrowed fromAntisemit
  3. English todayanti-Semite

1881, from German Antisemit (coined by Wilhelm Marr in 1879 as a scientific-sounding self-identification), from German antisemitisch (coined by Moritz Steinschneider in 1860), from anti- + semitisch

Words from the same roots

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anti-semitic

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