English
antepyretic
From ante- + pyretic.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Proto-Italic *anti ‘before’
Latin ante ‘of space. in front, before, forwards’
English ante-
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’
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Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’
Ancient Greek πυρετός ‘fever’
Ancient Greek πυρετικός ‘febrile’
New Latin pyreticus
English pyretic
Today it means
adj Preceding a fever
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antepyretic