English

anti-satellite

From anti- + satellite.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Etruscan 𐌆𐌀𐌕𐌋𐌀𐌈

Latin satelles ‘attendant’

Middle French satellite ‘a guard or watchman’

Today it means

adj designed to destroy satellites

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / anti-satellite