English
anti-invasive
From anti- + invasive.
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 *weh₂dʰ- ‘to go, to proceed’
Latin invāsus ‘entered’
Medieval Latin invāsīvus
Middle French invasif
Middle English invasif ‘of a weapon: offensive’
English invasive
Today it means
adj That counters invasion, or counters something (being) invasive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anti-invasive