opposition

The story

1. Latin · derived fromoppōnō“to set against”
2. Late Latin · derived fromoppositiō
3. Old French · derived fromoposicion
4. Middle English · inherited fromopposicioun
5. English todayopposition

From Middle English opposicioun, from Old French oposicion (whence French opposition), from Late Latin oppositiō, translating Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis), from the past participle stem of classical Latin oppōnō (“to set against”). Equivalent to oppose + -ition.