English

anti-establishment

From anti- + establishment.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Old French establir ‘to establish’

Old French establissement

Middle English *establishment

Today it means

adj Opposed to the existing sociopolitical system (the establishment).

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

Etymograph / anti-establishment