English
antiarms
From anti- + arms.
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 *h₂er- ‘to fit together’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-
Latin arma ‘weapons’
Old French armes
Middle English armes
English arms
Today it means
adj Opposing arms (weapons).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antiarms