English

anticat

From anti- + cat.

Formed from anti- + cat

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Proto-Germanic *kattuz

Proto-West Germanic *kattu

Old English catt ‘male cat’

Middle English cat ‘cat’

English cat

Today it means

adj Opposing or disliking cats.

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