Etymology

antisocial

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Today it means: Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people. Full definition →

English social ← Middle French socia ← Latin sociāli
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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*sekʷ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  11. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  12. Latinsokios
  13. Latinsocius
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Latinsociāli
  17. Middle Frenchsocia
  18. Englishsocial
  19. English todayantisocial

From anti- + social.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.