English

anti-flash

From anti- + flash.

A compound of anti- + flash

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Middle English flasshen ‘to splash’

English flash

Today it means

adj Intended to reflect the thermal radiation from a nuclear detonation.

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

Etymograph / anti-flash