'anticlogging' originates from Modern English, specifically formed from the prefix 'anti-' (from Greek 'anti' meaning 'against') combined with 'clogging', the present-participle/gerund form of 'clog'.

'clog' changed from Middle English 'clogge' meaning 'block' or 'lump' and developed into modern English 'clog'; the suffix '-ing' (gerund/participle) goes back to Old English/Germanic formations; 'anti-' comes via Latin/French from Greek 'anti-'; the compound 'anticlogging' is a recent technical coinage (20th–21st century) used in engineering and product descriptions.

Initially the elements meant 'against' + 'blocking/lump', and the compound's meaning as 'preventing blockage' has remained straightforward and consistent in modern usage.