Where does “antifaction” come from?

antifaction (English) comes from English faction, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

antifaction (English): An opposing faction

Definitions

  1. An opposing faction

Ancestry of “antifaction”, step by step

antifaction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English faction

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfactionA group of people, especially within a political...
2EnglishfictionLiterary type using invented or imaginative...
3Middle EnglishficciounAn invention or fabrication
4Old Frenchficciondissimulation, ruse, invention
5Latinfictiofashioning, forming, formation; fiction
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

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 Ancient Greek χάλιξ
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