Where does “anticomplementary” come from?

anticomplementary (English) comes from English complementary, from English complement, from Latin complementum, from Latin compleō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

anticomplementary (English): That diminishes the action of an immunological...

Definitions

  1. That diminishes the action of an immunological...

Ancestry of “anticomplementary”, step by step

anticomplementary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English complementary

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcomplementaryActing as a complement; making up a whole with...
2EnglishcomplementSomething that completes; the consummation; The...
3Latincomplementumcomplement
4Latincompleōto fill up, fill full, fill out; make up, complete
5Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

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
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