Etymology

antigang

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Today it means: Intended to combat or reduce the activity of criminal gangs Full definition →

English gang ← Middle English gang ← Old English gang
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The story

  1. Englishanti-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰengʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰóngʰos
  4. Proto-Germanic*gangaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*gang
  6. Old Englishgang
  7. Middle Englishgang
  8. Englishgang
  9. English todayantigang

From anti- + gang.

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