Where does “antiulcer” come from?

antiulcer (English) comes from English ulcer, from Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus, from Latin olcos, from Proto-Italic elkos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-.

antiulcer (English): Serving to prevent or counteract ulcers

Definitions

  1. Serving to prevent or counteract ulcers

Ancestry of “antiulcer”, step by step

antiulcer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ulcer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishulcerAn open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous...
2Old Frenchulcereulcer
3Latinulcussore, ulcer, wound
4Latinolcos—
5Proto-Italicelkos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁élḱoswound, illness, ulcer; wound, sore, ulcer
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elḱ-—

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 h₁elḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos →Every word from Proto-Italic elkos →