Etymology

antistress

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Today it means: Countering stress. Full definition →

English stress ← Middle English destresse ← Old French destrecier
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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*dwóh₁
  8. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  10. Proto-Italic*dis-
  11. Latindis-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*strinégti
  14. Proto-Italic*stringō
  15. Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*stréngʰeti
  17. Proto-Italic*strengō
  18. Latinstringō
  19. Latindistringō
  20. Old Frenchdestrecier
  21. Middle Englishdestresse
  22. Englishstress
  23. English todayantistress

From anti- + stress.

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