Where does “antispeech” come from?
antispeech (English) comes from English anti, from English anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι-, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ — opposite.
antispeech (English): Preventing free speech; censoring
Definitions
- Preventing free speech; censoring
Ancestry of “antispeech”, step by step
antispeech traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English anti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | anti | Opposed to something; That has a torsion angle... |
| 2 | English | anti- | Against, hostile to; Contrasting with the norm;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀντι- | anti-, against; like, reminiscent of |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ᾰ̓ντῐ́ | opposite |
via English speech
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | speech | The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or... |
| 2 | Middle English | speche | speaking, speech; dialogue, discussion,... |
| 3 | Old English | spǣċ | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprāku | speech, language |