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Where does “misandria” come from?

misandria (Italian) comes from Ancient Greek μισανδρία, from Ancient Greek μισέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

misandria (Italian): misandry

Definitions

  1. misandry

Ancestry of “misandria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμισανδρίαhatred of men, misandry
2Ancient GreekμισέωI hate
3Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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