myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of antiphrasis

Etymology of the Latin word antiphrasis

the Late Latin word antiphrasis (use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning)

derived from the Greek word antiphrasis, ἀντίφρασις

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-

derived from the Greek word phrasis, φράσις, ϕράσις

derived from the Greek word phrazein, φράζω

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷhren-

derived from the Greek word antiphrazein

derived from the Greek word phrazein, φράζω

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷhren-

Word found in Late Latin