Where does “antivaccinist” come from?
antivaccinist (English) comes from English antivaccine, from English vaccine, from French vaccine, from Latin vaccīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
antivaccinist (English): One opposed to vaccination
Definitions
- One opposed to vaccination
Ancestry of “antivaccinist”, step by step
antivaccinist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English antivaccine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | antivaccine | Opposed to vaccination |
| 2 | English | vaccine | A substance given to stimulate the body's... |
| 3 | French | vaccine | inflection of vacciner: ## first/third-person... |
| 4 | Latin | vaccīnus | of or derived from a cow; cow |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |