English
anticaptivity
From anti- + captivity.
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 *kap-
Latin captīvus ‘a captive, a prisoner’
Latin captīvitās ‘captivity, bondage’
Middle English captivite ‘captivity or imprisonment’
English captivity
Today it means
adj Opposing the keeping of animals in captivity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anticaptivity