Etymology of the English word antigen
the English word
antigenusing the English suffix
-genderived from the English word
antibodyusing the English prefix
anti-derived from the New Latin prefix
anti-derived from the Greek prefix
anti-, ἀντι-
derived from the Greek word
anti, ἀντί (against, before, opposite, instead or because of)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*anti-derived from the English word
bodyderived from the German word
antigenderived from the French word
antigènederived from the French word
anticorpsusing the French prefix
anti-derived from the New Latin prefix
anti-derived from the Greek prefix
anti-, ἀντι-
derived from the Greek word
anti, ἀντί (against, before, opposite, instead or because of)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*anti-derived from the Old French word
corpsderived from the Classical Latin word
corpus (body; person, self; substantial, material, concrete object)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷrep-derived from the French word
gèneusing the French suffix
-gèneusing the Greek suffix
-genes, -γενής
Date
The earliest known usage of antigen in English dates from the 20th century.
Derivations in English
alloantigen,
autoantigen,
isoantigenUsage
Word found in Modern English
