Where does “antithese” come from?

antithese (Dutch) comes from French antithèse, from Latin antithēsis, from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

antithese (Dutch): An opposition; An antithesis, in logic a...

Definitions

  1. An opposition; An antithesis, in logic a...

Ancestry of “antithese”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchantithèseantithesis
2Latinantithēsis—
3Ancient Greekἀντίθεσιςopposition, resistance; contradiction; antithesis
4Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
5Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -σῐς →Every word from Ancient Greek -τις →