Etymograph

English

anticatholic

From anti- + Catholic.

A compound of anti- + Catholic

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 καθολικός ‘universal’

Latin catholicus

Old French catholique

English Catholic

Today it means

adj Opposed to Catholicism.

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

Etymograph / anticatholic