Etymology

antidromic

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Today it means: flowing in the opposite direction from normal Full definition →

Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos) ← Proto-Indo-European *drem- ← English anti-
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The story

  1. Englishanti-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*drem-
  3. Ancient Greekδρόμος (drómos)
  4. English todayantidromic

From anti- + Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”) + English -ic.

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