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Where does “antifamily” come from?

antifamily (English) comes from English family, from Middle English famylye, from Latin familia, from Latin famulus, from Proto-Italic famelos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

antifamily (English): Opposed to the traditional social construct of...

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  1. Opposed to the traditional social construct of...

Ancestry of “antifamily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfamilyA group of people who are closely related to one...
2Middle Englishfamylye—
3Latinfamiliafamily; household; A quantity of land adequate...
4Latinfamulusserving, servile; a servant, slave
5Proto-Italicfamelosservile, domestic
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰh₁-m-eló-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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