Where does “antimonkey” come from?

antimonkey (English) comes from English anti, from English anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι-, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ — opposite.

antimonkey (English): Reacting with the immunoglobins found in monkeys

Definitions

  1. Reacting with the immunoglobins found in monkeys

Ancestry of “antimonkey”, step by step

antimonkey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English anti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishantiOpposed to something; That has a torsion angle...
2Englishanti-Against, hostile to; Contrasting with the norm;...
3Ancient Greekἀντι-anti-, against; like, reminiscent of
4Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́opposite

via English monkey

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonkeyAny member of the clade Simiiformes not also of...
2GermanMoneke—
Every word from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ →Every word from English anti- →Every word from English anti →
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