Where does “antirodent” come from?

antirodent (English) comes from English rodent, from Latin rōdēns, from Latin rōdō, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

antirodent (English): Repelling or combating rodents

Definitions

  1. Repelling or combating rodents

Ancestry of “antirodent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrodentA mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by...
2Latinrōdēnsgnawing
3Latinrōdōto gnaw, nibble, bite; eat or waste away, corrode, consume; erode
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d-