Where does “antisweatshop” come from?

antisweatshop (English) comes from English sweatshop, from English shop, from Middle English shoppe, from Old English sċeoppa, from Proto-Germanic skupp-, from Proto-Indo-European skub-.

antisweatshop (English): Opposing sweatshops

Definitions

  1. Opposing sweatshops

Ancestry of “antisweatshop”, step by step

antisweatshop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sweatshop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsweatshopA factory or other place of work where pay is low...
2EnglishshopAn establishment that sells goods or services to...
3Middle Englishshoppe—
4Old Englishsċeoppa—
5Proto-Germanicskupp-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-—

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 skub- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skupp- →Every word from Old English sċeoppa →