Etymology

antilife

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Today it means: pro-choice Full definition →

English life ← Middle English lyf ← Old English līf
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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*leyp-
  8. Proto-Germanic*lībaną
  9. Proto-Germanic*lībą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*līb
  11. Old Englishlīf
  12. Middle Englishlyf
  13. Englishlife
  14. English todayantilife

From anti- + life.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.