Etymology

antilocust

an·ti·lo·cust
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Today it means: Destroying or opposing locusts. Full definition →

English locust ← Middle English locuste ← Anglo-Norman locuste
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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-Indo-European*lek-der.?
  8. Latinlocusta
  9. Anglo-Normanlocuste
  10. Middle Englishlocuste
  11. Englishlocust
  12. English todayantilocust

From anti- (prefix meaning ‘against, opposed to; counteracting’) + locust.

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