English

anti-patriarch

From anti- + patriarch.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Ancient Greek πατριάρχης ‘a patriarch’

Late Latin patriarcha ‘patriarch (all senses)’

Middle English patriark

Today it means

noun One opposed to a religious patriarchy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / anti-patriarch