Etymology

antifeminism

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Today it means: Opposition to feminism. Full definition →

English feminism ← French féminisme ← Latin fēminīnu
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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*dʰeh₁(y)-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂
  9. Proto-Italic*θēmanā
  10. Proto-Italic*fēmanā
  11. Latinfēmina
  12. Latinfēminīnu
  13. Frenchféminin
  14. Frenchféminisme
  15. Englishfeminism
  16. English todayantifeminism

From anti- + feminism.

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