English

anticathode

From anti- + cathode.

A compound of anti- + cathode

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 ὁδός ‘journey, way’

Today it means

noun The opposite of a cathode, an anode.

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Etymograph / anticathode