Where does “antidiscrimination” come from?
Antidiscrimination comes from English anti- and discrimination, which derives from Latin discriminatio (a distinguishing or separation), built from discrimen (distinction) and the Latin suffix -men.
antidiscrimination (English): Opposing or disallowing discrimination
Definitions
- Opposing or disallowing discrimination
Ancestry of “antidiscrimination”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | discrimination | Discernment, the act of discriminating,... |
| 2 | Latin | discrīminātiō | separation |
| 3 | Latin | discriminare | present active infinitive of discrīminō;... |
| 4 | Latin | discrimino | I distinguish |
| 5 | Latin | discrimen | distinction, difference; division, separation;... |
| 6 | Latin | discerno | I separate, set apart, divide, part; I... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |