Etymology

antiviolence

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Today it means: Acting against or opposing violence. Full definition →

English violence ← Middle English violence ← Old French violence
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The story

  1. Englishanti-
  2. Latinviolēns /violentus
  3. Latinviolentia
  4. Old Frenchviolence
  5. Middle Englishviolence
  6. Englishviolence
  7. English todayantiviolence

From anti- + violence.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.