Etymograph

English

anticapital

From anti- + capital.

Formed from anti- + capital

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 capital

English capital

Today it means

adj Tending to erode the preservation of capital.

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

Etymograph / anticapital