Where does “antimargarine” come from?
antimargarine (English) comes from English margarine, from French margarine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
antimargarine (English): Opposing margarine
Definitions
- Opposing margarine
Ancestry of “antimargarine”, step by step
antimargarine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English margarine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | margarine | A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable... |
| 2 | French | margarine | margarine |
| 3 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 5 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 6 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |