Etymology

antichain

A1N1T1I1C3H4A1I1N1

Today it means: A subset, A, of a partially ordered set, (P, ≤), such that no two elements of A are comparable with respect to ≤. Full definition →

English chain ← Middle English cheyne ← Old French chaeine
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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-Italic*katesnā
  8. Latincatēna
  9. Old Frenchchaeine
  10. Middle Englishcheyne
  11. Englishchain
  12. English todayantichain

From anti- + chain.

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