English
anti-predator
From anti- + predator.
A compound of anti- + predator
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’
English anti-
Latin praeda ‘booty, spoils, prey’
Latin praedor ‘loot, pillage’
Latin praedātor ‘raider, plunderer, pillager, hunter’
English predator
Today it means
adj That provides a defence against predation or predators.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anti-predator