Etymograph

English

antiatheism

From anti- + atheism.

Formed from anti- + atheism

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’

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Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós ‘god, deity’

Ancient Greek θεός ‘god’

Ancient Greek ἄθεος ‘godless’

Middle French athéisme

English atheism

Today it means

adj Opposing atheism.

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

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