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Where does “antimilitia” come from?

antimilitia (English) comes from English militia, from Latin mīlitia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

antimilitia (English): Opposing or forbidding militias

Definitions

  1. Opposing or forbidding militias

Ancestry of “antimilitia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmilitiaAn army of trained civilians, which may be an...
2Latinmīlitia—
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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