English

anti-Shi'a

From anti- + Shi'a.

Formed from anti- + Shi'a

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Arabic شِيعَة ‘sect, faction, party’

English Shi'a

Today it means

adj Synonym of anti-Shiite.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / anti-Shi'a