English

anti-Witness

From anti- + Witness.

A compound of anti- + Witness

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Old English ġewitnes ‘witness’

Middle English witnesse

Today it means

adj Opposed or hostile to Jehovah's Witnesses or their beliefs or doctrines.

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

Etymograph / anti-Witness