Where does “antiauthoritarianism” come from?
antiauthoritarianism (English) comes from English antiauthoritarian, from English authoritarian, from English authority, from Middle English auctorite, from Old French autorité, from Latin auctōritās, from Latin auctor, from Latin augeō.
antiauthoritarianism (English): Opposition to authority; the quality of being...
Definitions
- Opposition to authority; the quality of being...
Ancestry of “antiauthoritarianism”, step by step
antiauthoritarianism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English antiauthoritarian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | antiauthoritarian | Opposed to authority; One who is opposed to... |
| 2 | English | authoritarian | Of, or relating to, or exhibiting strict... |
| 3 | English | authority | The power to enforce rules or give orders;... |
| 4 | Middle English | auctorite | Legal authority or control; the privilege of... |
| 5 | Old French | autorité | authority |
| 6 | Latin | auctōritās | credibility, prestige, reputation, importance |
| 7 | Latin | auctor | seller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,... |
| 8 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |