English
antiattrition
From anti- + attrition.
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 *terh₁- ‘to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn’
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Latin atterō ‘to wear’
Latin attrītiō ‘a rubbing against’
Middle French attricion
Middle English attricion
English attrition
Today it means
adj Countering the effects of friction in machinery.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antiattrition