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Where does “antiimport” come from?

antiimport (English) comes from English import, from Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, from Latin importō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

antiimport (English): Opposing imports

Definitions

  1. Opposing imports

Ancestry of “antiimport”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimportSomething brought in from an exterior source,...
2Middle Englishimporten—
3Old Frenchemporter—
4Latinimportō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →