Where does “antisiphon” come from?

antisiphon (English) comes from English siphon, from Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sīphō, from Ancient Greek σίφων — tube, pipe; siphon, used for drawing wine out of...

antisiphon (English): Preventing the siphoning of fluid

Definitions

  1. Preventing the siphoning of fluid

Ancestry of “antisiphon”, step by step

antisiphon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English siphon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsiphonA bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the...
2Middle Frenchsiphon—
3Old Frenchsifon—
4Latinsīphōa siphon or tube
5Ancient Greekσίφωνtube, pipe; siphon, used for drawing wine out of...

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 Ancient Greek σίφων →