English

antiballoon

From anti- + balloon.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Middle French ballon ‘large ball’

Today it means

adj Preventing the outward bulging of the material being worked on by a spinning frame.

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

Etymograph / antiballoon