English
antiarthritis
From anti- + arthritis.
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’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-dʰrom
Ancient Greek ἄρθρον ‘a joint’
Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις ‘joint-disease, gout’
Latin arthrītis
English arthritis
Today it means
adj Countering arthritis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antiarthritis