Etymology

anti-chip

Today it means: Resistant to chipping (breaking into small pieces). Full definition →

English chip ← Middle English chippe ← Old English ċipp
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Germanic*kippōną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*kippōn
  9. Old English*ċippian
  10. Old Englishċipp
  11. Middle Englishchippe
  12. Englishchip
  13. English todayanti-chip

From anti- + chip.

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