English
anticardiac
From anti- + cardiac.
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 *ḱerd- ‘heart’
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Ancient Greek κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ ‘heart’
Ancient Greek κᾰρδῐᾰκός ‘concerning the heart’
Latin cardiacus ‘related to the heart or stomach’
Middle French cardiaque
English cardiac
Today it means
adj Targeting and attacking the heart.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anticardiac