Etymograph

English

antialignment

From anti- + alignment.

Formed from anti- + alignment

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Proto-Italic *līnom

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Old French alignier

Middle French aligner

French aligner ‘to align’

French alignement ‘alignment (all senses)’

English alignment

Today it means

noun The alignment of two things in opposite directions

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

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