Where does “antimiscegenationist” come from?
antimiscegenationist (English) comes from English ist, from English -ist, from Old French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.
antimiscegenationist (English): One who favours antimiscegenation
Definitions
- One who favours antimiscegenation
Ancestry of “antimiscegenationist”, step by step
antimiscegenationist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |
via English antimiscegenation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | antimiscegenation | Against mixing or blending; especially, against... |
| 2 | English | miscegenation | The mixing or blending of race in marriage or... |
| 3 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |