-antel

suffix

Forms names of anti-worm drugs, often pyrantel derivatives.

OriginEnglish anthelmintic ← Ancient Greek ἕλμῐνς (hélmĭns) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti →
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

suffix
  1. medicineForms names of anti-worm drugs, often pyrantel derivatives.

Origin

  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. Englishant-
  8. Ancient Greekἕλμῐνς (hélmĭns)
  9. Englishhelminth
  10. Englishanthelmintic
  11. English-antel

From anthelmintic (“against parasitic worms”), with simplification of the -nth- and truncation.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

-antel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-antel

MLA

“-antel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-antel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-antel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-antel.

Source: -antel on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.