Where does “antitruth” come from?
antitruth (English) comes from English truth, from Middle English troute, from Old English truht, from Old French truite, from Latin tructa, from Ancient Greek τρώκτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα — passed , crossed.
antitruth (English): That which is the opposite or negation of truth, especially of a mystical or religious truth
Definitions
- That which is the opposite or negation of truth, especially of a mystical or religious truth
Ancestry of “antitruth”, step by step
antitruth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English truth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | truth | True facts, genuine depiction or statements of... |
| 2 | Middle English | troute | trout certain fish of the genus |
| 3 | Old English | truht | trout |
| 4 | Old French | truite | — |
| 5 | Latin | tructa | a kind of trout |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τρώκτης | gnawer, nibbler; greedy knave; kind of fish with... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |