English

anti-dogger

From anti- + dog + -er.

Formed from anti- + dog + -er

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 docga ‘dog’

Middle English dogge ‘an ordinary dog’

English dog

Today it means

noun A person in favour of vivisection who vandalised the bronze memorial to a vivisected dog in Battersea at the start of the 20th century.

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

Etymograph / anti-dogger