Where does “antispam” come from?

antispam (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι-, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ — opposite.

antispam (Portuguese): antispam countering spam (unwanted electronic mail)

Definitions

  1. antispam countering spam (unwanted electronic mail)

Ancestry of “antispam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseAnti-anti
2Ancient Greekἀντι-anti-, against; like, reminiscent of
3Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́opposite
Every word from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ →Every word from Portuguese Anti- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀντι- →