Etymology

antimovement

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Today it means: A social or political movement that opposes something specific. Full definition →

English movement ← Middle English mevement ← Old French movement
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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*m(y)ewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  9. Proto-Italic*moweō
  10. Latinmovēre
  11. Old Frenchmovoir
  12. Old Frenchmovement
  13. Middle Englishmevement
  14. Englishmovement
  15. English todayantimovement

From anti- + movement.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.