Etymograph

English

anti-commentary

From anti- + commentary.

Formed from anti- + commentary

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Latin commentārius ‘notebook’

Middle French commentaire

English commentary

Today it means

noun A hostile commentary, as distinct from an exposition.

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

Etymograph / anti-commentary