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Where does “antilights” come from?

antilights (English) comes from English lights, from English light, from Middle English liht, from Middle English light, from Old English lēoht, from Proto-West Germanic leuht, from Proto-Germanic leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European lewktom — bright; to shine; to see.

antilights (English): Opposed or hostile to lights

Definitions

  1. Opposed or hostile to lights

Ancestry of “antilights”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishlightsplural of light; API pl; The lungs, now chiefly...
2EnglishlightVisible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye...
3Middle EnglishlihtAlternative form of light
4Middle EnglishlightThe radiation which allows for vision by...
5Old Englishlēohtluminous, bright, light, clear, resplendent,...
6Proto-West Germanicleuhtlight, bright; light
7Proto-Germanicleuhtąlight
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlewktom—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see
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