English
antichess
From anti- + chess.
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 *tek- ‘to take by the hand’
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Arabic شَاه ‘king in chess’
Medieval Latin scaccus ‘check’
Old French eschés
Middle English ches ‘a chess set’
English chess
Today it means
noun A misère variant of chess, in which each player attempts to lose all of their pieces or to be stalemated.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antichess