English

anti-slip

From anti- + slip.

Formed from anti- + slip

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Middle English slippen

English slip

Today it means

adj —

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

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