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Where does “antitrinitarian” come from?

antitrinitarian (English) comes from English Trinitarian, from French trinitaire, from French trinité, from Old French trinité, from Latin trīnitās, from German Dreieinigkeit, from German Einigkeit, from German -keit.

antitrinitarian (English): Rejecting the Trinitarian doctrine that God...

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  1. Rejecting the Trinitarian doctrine that God...

Ancestry of “antitrinitarian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTrinitarianSomeone who believes in the Trinity; A member of...
2FrenchtrinitaireTrinitarian
3Frenchtrinitétrinity; Trinity
4Old Frenchtrinité—
5Latintrīnitās—
6GermanDreieinigkeitTrinity
7GermanEinigkeitunity; consensus, agreement
8German-keitAlternative form of -heit; -ness, -ty; -ty
9German-heitConverts an adjective into a noun and usually...
10Middle High German-heit—
11Old High German-heitnature, character
12Proto-West Germanic-haidu—
13Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
14Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—
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