Etymology of the French word antigène
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 antigène in French dates from the 20th century.
Derivations in French
antigéniqueDerivations in other languages
German
antigen, Romanian
antigen
