Etymograph

English

antiboss

From anti- + boss.

Formed from anti- + boss

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Proto-Germanic *baswô ‘uncle’

Proto-West Germanic *baswō

Old Dutch *baso ‘uncle’

Middle Dutch baes ‘master of a household’

Dutch baas ‘boss’

English boss

Today it means

adj hostile to the authority of bosses

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

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