English
antiblast
From anti- + blast.
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 *bʰleh₁-
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Proto-Germanic *blēstuz ‘blowing, blast’
Proto-West Germanic *blāstu ‘blowing’
Old English blǣst ‘blowing, blast’
Middle English blast ‘a blast’
English blast
Today it means
adj Countering a blast.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antiblast