Etymograph

English

anticathectic

From anti- + cathectic.

Formed from anti- + cathectic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Ancient Greek καθεκτικός ‘capable of retaining’

English cathectic

Today it means

adj countercathectic

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

Etymograph / anticathectic