Where does “anticlot” come from?

anticlot (English) comes from English clot, from Middle English clot, from Old English clott, from Proto-Germanic klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European gelewdos, from Indo-European *gel-.

anticlot (English): Countering clotting of the blood

Definitions

  1. Countering clotting of the blood

Ancestry of “anticlot”, step by step

anticlot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English clot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclotA thrombus, solidified mass of blood; A...
2Middle EnglishclotA clod; a ball of earth or clay; The ground; the...
3Old Englishclottround mass, lump
4Proto-Germanicklūtazlump, clod; boulder, rock; hill
5Proto-Indo-Europeangelewdos—
6Indo-European*gel-—

via English anti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishantiOpposed to something; That has a torsion angle...
2Englishanti-Against, hostile to; Contrasting with the norm;...
3Ancient Greekἀντι-anti-, against; like, reminiscent of
4Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́opposite
Every word from Indo-European *gel- →