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Where does “antibalas” come from?

antibalas (Galician) comes from Galician anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι-, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ — opposite.

antibalas (Galician): bulletproof

Definitions

  1. bulletproof

Ancestry of “antibalas”, step by step

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