Where does “antifelt” come from?

antifelt (English) comes from English felt, from Middle English felt, from Old English felt, from Proto-West Germanic felt, from Proto-Indo-European pilto.

antifelt (English): Preventing felting

Definitions

  1. Preventing felting

Ancestry of “antifelt”, step by step

antifelt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English felt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfeltA cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool,...
2Middle EnglishfeltFelted fabric or a sample or swab of it; felt; A...
3Old Englishfeltfelt
4Proto-West Germanicfeltfelt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpilto—

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 Proto-Indo-European pilto →Every word from Proto-West Germanic felt →Every word from Old English felt →
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