Where does “Antisemit” come from?
Antisemit (German) comes from Swedish semit, from French sémite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
Antisemit (German): anti-Semite
Definitions
- anti-Semite
Ancestry of “Antisemit”, step by step
Antisemit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish semit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | semit | Semite |
| 2 | French | sémite | Semitic; Semite |
| 3 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 4 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via German antisemitisch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | antisemitisch | anti-Semitic, antisemitic (exhibiting anti-Semitism (anti-Jewism), inimical to Jews or Semites) |