English
anti-graft
From anti- + graft.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’
English anti-
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
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Ancient Greek γραφείον
Latin graphium ‘stylus’
Old French greffe ‘stylus’
Middle English graffe
English graft
Today it means
adj —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anti-graft