Where does “anticolesterol” come from?

anticolesterol (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι-, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ — opposite.

anticolesterol (Portuguese): anticholesterol

Definitions

  1. anticholesterol

Ancestry of “anticolesterol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseAnti-anti
2Ancient Greekἀντι-anti-, against; like, reminiscent of
3Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́opposite
Every word from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ →Every word from Portuguese Anti- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀντι- →