Etymograph

English

antichatter

From anti- + chatter.

Formed from anti- + chatter

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Middle English cheteren

Middle English chateren

English chatter

Today it means

adj Preventing chatter noise in a mechanism.

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

Etymograph / antichatter