Etymology

antimessianic

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Today it means: Opposing a messiah. Full definition →

English messianic ← Middle English Messyas ← Latin Messīās
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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. Aramaicܡ ܫ ܚ
  8. Aramaicܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)
  9. Hebrewמָשַׁח
  10. Biblical Hebrewמָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)
  11. Ancient GreekΜεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)
  12. LatinMessīās
  13. Middle EnglishMessyas
  14. EnglishMessiah
  15. Englishmessianic
  16. English todayantimessianic

From anti- + messianic.

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