English

anti-fade

From anti- + fade.

A compound of anti- + fade

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 fade ‘weak, witless’

Middle Dutch vade ‘weak, faint, limp’

Middle English fade

English fade

Today it means

adj Resistant to the dimming (fading) of color.

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

Etymograph / anti-fade