Etymograph

English

anticaste

From anti- + caste.

Formed from anti- + caste

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 *kastos

Latin castus ‘chaste"’

Old Galician-Portuguese casto

Portuguese casto ‘chaste’

Spanish casta ‘lineage, breed, race’

English caste

Today it means

adj Opposing the social system of caste.

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

Etymograph / anticaste