Where does “anti-vaxer” come from?
anti-vaxer (English) comes from English anti-vax, from English vax, from English vaccine, from French vaccine, from Latin vaccīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.
Ancestry of “anti-vaxer”, step by step
anti-vaxer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English anti-vax
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | anti-vax | Opposing vaccines and vaccination |
| 2 | English | vax | Abbreviation of vaccine; Abbreviation of... |
| 3 | English | vaccine | A substance given to stimulate the body's... |
| 4 | French | vaccine | inflection of vacciner: ## first/third-person... |
| 5 | Latin | vaccīnus | of or derived from a cow; cow |
| 6 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |