antichthon
English
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A hypothetical Earth on the opposite side of the Sun.
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek ἀντί (against, opposite, facing, in return) + Ancient Greek χθών (earth, ground, soil, Earth).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χθών
Gloss
earth, ground, soil, Earth
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
土, 地
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antichthonic English
- chthonic English
- Antinomi Latin
- antirrhopus Latin
- crībrō Latin
- anti- Hungarian
- chtonisch Dutch, Flemish
- antonyme French
- camion French
- анти- Russian
- alóctono Spanish, Castilian
- anti- Spanish, Castilian
- χθόνιος Ancient Greek
- χθών Ancient Greek
- ἀντί Ancient Greek
- ἀντίπτωσις Ancient Greek
- ἀντίφωνος Ancient Greek
- ἀντικνήμιον Ancient Greek
- Ἀντικλῆς Ancient Greek
- Ἀντισθένης Ancient Greek
- ἐνοσίχθων Ancient Greek
- ἐπιχθόνιος Ancient Greek
- ἔναντι Ancient Greek
- Ἐριχθόνιος Ancient Greek
- *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂énti Proto-Indo-European
- anti- Norwegian Bokmål
- anti- Portuguese
- antinomiano Portuguese
- antinomista Portuguese
- antítese Portuguese
- anti- Swedish
- anti- Norwegian Nynorsk
- anta- Irish
- αντί Greek (modern)
- antonīms Latvian
- antipericatametanaparbeugedamphicribrationes Middle French
- אנטי־ Hebrew (modern)
- antonimas Lithuanian