English

anticataract

From anti- + cataract.

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 *wreh₂ǵʰ-

…

Ancient Greek καταρ(ρ)άκτης ‘(noun) waterfall’

Latin cataracta ‘floodgate’

Old French cataracte

Middle English cataract

Today it means

adj Preventing or countering cataracts.

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

Etymograph / anticataract