English
anti-oil
From anti- + oil.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’
English anti-
Ancient Greek ἐλαία ‘olive’
Ancient Greek ἔλαιον ‘olive oil’
Latin oleum ‘oil, olive oil’
Old French oile
Middle English oyle ‘olive oil’
English oil
Today it means
adj Opposed to oil or the excessive use of oil.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anti-oil