Etymology

antiestablishment

English establishment ← Middle English stablishment ← Old French establissement
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  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*steh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  9. Proto-Italic*staējō
  10. Proto-Italic*staēō
  11. Proto-Italic*staðlis?
  12. Latinstabilis
  13. Latinstabilīre
  14. Old Frenchestablir
  15. Old Frenchestablissement
  16. Middle Englishstablishment
  17. Englishestablishment
  18. English todayantiestablishment

From anti- + establishment.

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