Where does “antipriestcraft” come from?

antipriestcraft (English) comes from English priestcraft, from English priest, from Middle English prest, from Old French prest, from Latin pressus, from Latin premere, from Latin premo, from Proto-Indo-European pres- — passed , crossed.

antipriestcraft (English): Opposition to priestcraft

Definitions

  1. Opposition to priestcraft

Ancestry of “antipriestcraft”, step by step

antipriestcraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English priestcraft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpriestcraftThe craft of performing the duties of a priest;...
2Englishpriesta religious clergyman who is trained to perform...
3Middle Englishprestloan, borrowing; tax, fee, levy; advance payment
4Old Frenchprestloan; monetary gift
5Latinpressuspressed, having been pressed, squeezed;...
6Latinpremeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatinpremoI press; I pursue
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpres-to press
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pres-