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Where does “antikliini” come from?

antikliini (Finnish) comes from Finnish anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι-, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ — opposite.

antikliini (Finnish): anticline

Definitions

  1. anticline

Ancestry of “antikliini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishanti-anti-
2Ancient Greekἀντι-anti-, against; like, reminiscent of
3Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́opposite
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