Where does “anticoyote” come from?
anticoyote (English) comes from English anti, from English anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι-, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ — opposite.
anticoyote (English): Opposing coyotes
Ancestry of “anticoyote”, step by step
anticoyote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English anti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | anti | Opposed to something; That has a torsion angle... |
| 2 | English | anti- | Against, hostile to; Contrasting with the norm;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀντι- | anti-, against; like, reminiscent of |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ᾰ̓ντῐ́ | opposite |
via English coyote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | coyote | "Canis latrans", a species of canine native to... |
| 2 | Spanish | coyote | coyote; fixer, middleman; a person of mixed... |
| 3 | Classical Nahuatl | coyōtl | coyote |
| 4 | Nahuatl | *koyoo-tl | — |