Etymology

anticapitalism

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Today it means: Opposition to capitalism. Full definition →

English capitalism ← French capitalisme ← Latin capitāli
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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-Indo-European*kap-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  10. Proto-Italic*kaput
  11. Latincaput
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Latincapitāli
  15. Frenchcapital
  16. Frenchcapitalisme
  17. Englishcapitalism
  18. English todayanticapitalism

From anti- + capitalism.

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