English

anticancerous

From anti- + cancerous.

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 *(s)ker- ‘to turn, bend’

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Proto-Italic *kankros ‘enclosure, fence’

Latin cancer ‘crab’

Latin cancerōsus

Middle English cancerous

Today it means

adj anticancer

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

Etymograph / anticancerous