English
anticarious
From anti- + carious.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’
English anti-
Proto-Italic *kazēō ‘to lack’
Latin careō ‘to lack, be deprived of’
Latin cariēs ‘rot, rottenness, corruption’
French carie ‘decay’
French carieux
English carious
Today it means
adj That prevents, or counteracts caries
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anticarious