Etymology of the French word antipode
the French word
antipodederived 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-Date
The earliest known usage of antipode in French dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in French
antipodiste,
antipodisme,
antipodique,
antipodalDerivations in other languages
Romanian
antipodCognates
Dutch
antipode, English
antipode, German
Antipode, Norwegian
antipode, Swedish
antipod
