English

anti-Sicilian

From anti- + Sicilian.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Ancient Greek Σῐ́κελος ‘Sicel’

Ancient Greek Σικελία

Latin Sicilia

Today it means

adj Countering the Sicilian Defense.

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

Etymograph / anti-Sicilian