The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latinab
- Latinab-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃elh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃olh₁-éye-ti
- Proto-Italic*oleō
- Latinaboleō
- Latinabolitiōnem
- Old Frenchabolucion
- Middle Frenchabolition
- Englishabolition
- Englishabolitionism
- English todayanti-abolitionism
From anti- + abolitionism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.