English
anti-trespass
From anti- + trespass.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’
English anti-
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread’
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Vulgar Latin *passāre ‘go through, pass by’
Old French passer ‘to pass’
Old French trespasser ‘to go across or over, transgress’
Middle English trespassen
English trespass
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anti-trespass