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Where does “antiparticipation” come from?

antiparticipation (English) comes from English participation, from Old French participacion, from Latin participatio, from Latin participō, from Latin particeps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis — to seize, hold.

antiparticipation (English): Opposing participation

Definitions

  1. Opposing participation

Ancestry of “antiparticipation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparticipationThe act of participating, of taking part in...
2Old Frenchparticipacionparticipation
3Latinparticipatioparticipation
4Latinparticipō—
5Latinparticepssharing
6Latin-ceps-headed; -fold; -catcher
7Old Latin-cipes"third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...
8Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
9Proto-Italickaputhead
10Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
11Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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