Etymology of the English word antinomy
the English word
antinomyderived from the Latin word
antinomia (contradiction between two laws)
derived from the Greek word
antinomia, ἀντινομία
derived from the Greek word
nomos, νόμος (law; name; law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle))
derived from the Greek word
nemein, νέμω
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nem-using 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-Date
The earliest known usage of antinomy in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
