Where does “antimeasles” come from?
antimeasles (English) comes from English measles, from Middle English mesel, from Norman French mesel, from Old French mesel, from Latin misellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
antimeasles (English): Working against measles
Definitions
- Working against measles
Ancestry of “antimeasles”, step by step
antimeasles traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English measles
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | measles | Rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease,... |
| 2 | Middle English | mesel | A leper |
| 3 | Norman French | mesel | — |
| 4 | Old French | mesel | leper |
| 5 | Latin | misellus | poor, wretched |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |