English

anti-smoking

From anti- + smoking.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Old English smocian ‘to smoke’

Middle English smoken ‘to smoke’

Middle English smokynge

Today it means

adj —

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

Etymograph / anti-smoking