English
anti-intellectual
From anti- + intellectual.
A compound of anti- + intellectual
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’
English anti-
Latin intellegō ‘to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know’
Latin intellēctus ‘understanding’
Latin intellectualis
Old French intellectuel
English intellectual
Today it means
adj Hostile to intellectual thinking, methods, or ideas.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anti-intellectual