Etymology

antihomelessness

Today it means: Opposition to homelessness. Full definition →

English homelessness ← Middle English *homles ← Old English hāmlēas
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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*ḱey-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
  9. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  11. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
  13. Proto-Germanic*haimaz
  14. Proto-West Germanic*haim
  15. Old Englishhām
  16. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  18. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  19. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  20. Old Englishhāmlēas
  21. Middle English*homles
  22. Englishhomeless
  23. Englishhomelessness
  24. English todayantihomelessness

From anti- + homelessness.

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