Where does “antiballet” come from?

antiballet (English) comes from English ballet, from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

antiballet (English): A ballet that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of ballet

Definitions

  1. A ballet that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of ballet

Ancestry of “antiballet”, step by step

antiballet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ballet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishballetA classical form of dance; A theatrical...
2Frenchballetballet
3Middle Frenchballet
4ItalianballettoDiminutive of ballo; short dance; ballet; ballet...
5Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
6English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
7Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
8Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
9Latin-ātused
10Proto-Italic-ātos
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via English anti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishantiOpposed to something; That has a torsion angle...
2Englishanti-Against, hostile to; Contrasting with the norm;...
3Ancient Greekἀντι-anti-, against; like, reminiscent of
4Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́opposite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos
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