Where does “antiracist” come from?
Antiracist derives from English racism combined with the prefix anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντί meaning "against," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti.
antiracist (English): Opposed to racism; One who opposes racism
Definitions
- Opposed to racism; One who opposes racism
Ancestry of “antiracist”, step by step
antiracist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English racist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | racist | A person who believes in or supports racism; a... |
| 2 | English | racism | Belief that there are distinct human races with... |
| 3 | French | racisme | racism |
| 4 | French | race | race; kind; breed |
| 5 | Middle French | rasse | — |
| 6 | Italian | razza | race, breed; kind, type; family, descent |
| 7 | Italian | razzo | skyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;... |
| 8 | Italian | raggio | ray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius |
| 9 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 10 | English | -án | Of or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a |
| 11 | Middle English | -an | — |