English
anti-alcoholic
From anti- + alcoholic.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’
English anti-
Sumerian Sumerian form ‘kohl’
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Andalusian Arabic كُحُول
Medieval Latin alcohol
Middle English alcofol
English alcohol
English alcoholic
Today it means
adj temperance, against the excessive consumption of alcohol
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anti-alcoholic