English

anti-brown

From anti- + brown.

Formed from anti- + brown

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Proto-Germanic *brūnaz

Proto-West Germanic *brūn

Old English brūn ‘brown’

Middle English broun ‘dark’

English brown

Today it means

adj Opposed to brown-skinned people.

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

Etymograph / anti-brown