Where does “antisurveillance” come from?
antisurveillance (English) comes from English surveillance, from French surveillance, from French surveiller, from Old French surveillier, from Old French veillier, from Vulgar Latin viglare, from Latin vigilō, from Latin vigil — lively, awake; strong.
antisurveillance (English): countersurveillance
Definitions
- countersurveillance
Ancestry of “antisurveillance”, step by step
antisurveillance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English surveillance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | surveillance | Close observation of an individual or group;... |
| 2 | French | surveillance | surveillance; supervision |
| 3 | French | surveiller | to monitor, to survey, to watch |
| 4 | Old French | surveillier | to keep watch over |
| 5 | Old French | veillier | to be awake |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | viglare | — |
| 7 | Latin | vigilō | to watch through, spend in watching, do or make while watching |
| 8 | Latin | vigil | awake, watching, alert; watchman, guard,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵ- | lively, awake; strong |