English

antibaboon

From anti- + baboon.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Old French baboe ‘grimace’

Old French babouin

Middle English babewin

Today it means

adj Reacting with the immunoglobins found in baboons.

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

Etymograph / antibaboon