anti-federal
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.76 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Opposing federalism; relating to or supporting anti-federalism.
noun
An anti-federalist.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰós Proto-Italic *feiðos Latin foedus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -al Middle French -al French -al French fédéralbor. English federal English anti-federal From anti- + federal.
Inflected Forms
more anti-federal (comparative)
most anti-federal (superlative)
antifederal (alternative)
anti-federals (plural)