'anti-Remonstrant' originates from English formation combining the prefix 'anti-' (from Greek 'anti-' meaning 'against') and 'Remonstrant' (from Dutch 'Remonstrant'/'Remonstranten').

'Remonstrant' entered English via Dutch (Remonstrant/Remonstranten) and French usages in the early 17th century; it ultimately derives from Latin 'remonstrare' (to show or to protest), with the modern compound 'anti-Remonstrant' formed in English to denote opposition to that group.

Initially 'remonstrant' had a general sense of 'one who protests or objects'; over time it became a proper name for the followers of Arminius in the Dutch church, and 'anti-Remonstrant' came to mean specifically those opposed to that group.