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Where does “antinarrative” come from?

antinarrative (English) comes from English narrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin nārrātīvus, from Latin narro, from Latin nārō, from Proto-Italic gnārāō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₃ro-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

antinarrative (English): A narrative that deliberately avoids the typical...

Definitions

  1. A narrative that deliberately avoids the typical...

Ancestry of “antinarrative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnarrativeTelling a story; Overly talkative; garrulous; Of...
2Middle Frenchnarratif—
3Latinnārrātīvus—
4LatinnarroI narrate, recount; I report; I tell, speak
5Latinnārō—
6Proto-ItalicgnārāōI make known, I tell; to make known, tell
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₃ro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
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