Where does “antithesis” come from?
Antithesis comes from Latin antithesis, from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις, derived from ἀντί and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti and h₂ent-, meaning "opposite" or "against."
antithesis (English): A proposition that is the diametric opposite of...
Definitions
- A proposition that is the diametric opposite of...
Ancestry of “antithesis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | antithēsis | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀντίθεσις | opposition, resistance; contradiction; antithesis |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |