English

antiboxing

From anti- + boxing.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Middle English box

English box ‘to punch’

Today it means

adj Opposing the sport of boxing.

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

Etymograph / antiboxing