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Where does “anticensorship” come from?

anticensorship (English) comes from English censorship, from English -ship, from Middle English -schipe, from Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic -skapi, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

anticensorship (English): Acting against or opposed to censorship

Definitions

  1. Acting against or opposed to censorship

Ancestry of “anticensorship”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcensorshipThe use of state or group power to control...
2English-shipAppended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a...
3Middle English-schipeAffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns...
4Old English-sċiepe—
5Proto-West Germanic-skapiForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
6Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
7Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
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