Where does “antisurface” come from?

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

antisurface (English): Attacking military units that are on the surface...

Definitions

  1. Attacking military units that are on the surface...

Ancestry of “antisurface”, step by step

antisurface 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 surface

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsurfaceThe overside or up-side of a flat object such as...
2Middle Frenchsurface—
Every word from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ →Every word from English anti- →Every word from English anti →