Etymology

anti-folk

Today it means: A style of music derived from folk music but with a self-mocking or ironic twist. Full definition →

English folk ← Middle English folk ← Old English folc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Germanic*fulkaz
  8. Proto-Germanic*fulką
  9. Proto-West Germanic*folk
  10. Old Englishfolc
  11. Middle Englishfolk
  12. Englishfolk
  13. English todayanti-folk

From anti- + folk.

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