Where does “antiscab” come from?

antiscab (English) comes from English scab, from Middle English scabb, from Old English sċeabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic skabbaz, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

antiscab (English): Opposing strikebreakers

Definitions

  1. Opposing strikebreakers

Ancestry of “antiscab”, step by step

antiscab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English scab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscabAn incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or...
2Middle Englishscabb—
3Old Englishsċeabbscab
4Proto-Germanic*skabb—
5Proto-Germanicskabbazscab; scabies, mange
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

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 skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabbaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *skabb →