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Where does “anticelibacy” come from?

anticelibacy (English) comes from English celibacy, from Latin caelibātus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

anticelibacy (English): Opposing celibacy

Definitions

  1. Opposing celibacy

Ancestry of “anticelibacy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcelibacyAbstaining from marriage; the state of being...
2Latincaelibātus—
3Latin-ātus—
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →