Where does “antihunting” come from?

antihunting (English) comes from English hunting, from Middle English hunting, from Old English huntung, from Old English -ung, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

antihunting (English): Opposed to the practice of hunting animals for...

Definitions

  1. Opposed to the practice of hunting animals for...

Ancestry of “antihunting”, step by step

antihunting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hunting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhuntingThe act of finding and killing a wild animal,...
2Middle Englishhunting
3Old Englishhuntunghunting
4Old English-ungforming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action...
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

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 Proto-Germanic -ungōEvery word from Old English -ungEvery word from Old English huntung