Etymograph

English

anti-Stokes

From anti- + Stokes.

Formed from anti- + Stokes

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Today it means

adj Relating to a Stokes shift to lower (rather than higher) wavelengths

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