Where does “anticopulatory” come from?

anticopulatory (English) comes from English anti, from English anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι-, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ — opposite.

anticopulatory (English): Preventing or warding off copulation

Definitions

  1. Preventing or warding off copulation

Ancestry of “anticopulatory”, step by step

anticopulatory traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English copulatory

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcopulatoryPertaining to copulation
Every word from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́Every word from English anti-Every word from English anti
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