English
anticandida
From anti- + candida.
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)kend- ‘to shine, appear’
Proto-Italic *kandēō
Latin candeō ‘to shine’
Latin candidus ‘shining white’
Translingual Candida
English candida
Today it means
adj Acting to combat or prevent an infection with the yeast Candida albicans
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anticandida