English

anti-glare

From anti- + glare.

A compound of anti- + glare

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Proto-West Germanic *glarōn ‘to shine like glass’

Old English *glærian

Middle English glaren

English glare

Today it means

adj designed to reduce glare from secondary light sources

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

Etymograph / anti-glare