Etymology of the English word antipode
the English word
antipodederived from the English word
antipodesderived from the Late Latin word
antipodesderived from the Greek word
antipodes, ἀντίποδες
derived from the Greek word
antipoususing 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 Greek word
pous, πούς (podos, foot; a 'foot' (figuratively or literally))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ped-Derivations in English
antipodalCognates
Dutch
antipode, French
antipode, German
Antipode, Norwegian
antipode, Swedish
antipodUsage
Word found in Modern English
