'anti-reproductive' originates from the prefix 'anti-' meaning 'against' and the word 'reproductive' from Latin 'reproducere', where 're-' meant 'again' and 'producere' meant 'to bring forth'.

'reproducere' transformed into the English word 'reproduce', and eventually became part of the compound word 'anti-reproductive'.

Initially, it meant 'against reproduction', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.