Etymograph

English

antialexin

From anti- + alexin.

Formed from anti- + alexin

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 *h₂lek- ‘to defend, to protect’

Proto-Hellenic *aléksō ‘to protect’

Ancient Greek ἀλέξω ‘to guard’

German Alexine

English alexin

Today it means

noun Any material that counteracts the action of an alexin

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

Etymograph / antialexin