Etymology

anti-war

Today it means: Opposed to war, or to a specific war. Full definition →

English war ← Middle English werre ← Old English werre
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  1. Englishanti-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wers-
  3. Proto-Germanic*werzaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*werʀan
  5. Frankish*werʀ
  6. Early Medieval Latinwerra
  7. Old Northern Frenchguerre
  8. Old Englishwerre
  9. Middle Englishwerre
  10. Englishwar
  11. English todayanti-war

From anti- + war.

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