English
antiadhesive
From anti- + adhesive.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’
English anti-
Latin haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’
Latin adhaereō ‘to cleave or stick to’
Medieval Latin adhaesivus
French adhésif
English adhesive
Today it means
adj Preventing adhesion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antiadhesive