'antinome' originates from French, specifically the word 'antinome', where 'anti-' meant 'against' and 'nomos' meant 'law'.

'antinome' changed from French 'antinome', which was influenced by Latinized forms such as 'antinomia' and ultimately from Greek 'antinomía', and eventually became the modern English word 'antinome'.

Initially, it referred to the contradiction or conflict of laws or principles ('contradiction of laws'), and over time it evolved into the broader modern sense of 'a contradiction or antinomy'.