'skid-preventing' is a compound of 'skid' + 'preventing'. 'skid' originally referred to a sliding plank or the action of sliding, and 'prevent' originates from Latin 'praevenire', where 'prae-' meant 'before' and 'venire' meant 'to come'.

'prevent' entered English via Old French 'prevenir' and Middle English 'preventen'. 'skid' came into Middle English as 'skid(e)' meaning a plank used for sliding and then broadened to mean a sliding motion; the modern compound 'skid-preventing' is a contemporary English formation combining those elements.

Originally the parts referred to a 'sliding plank' ('skid') and the idea 'to come before' ('prevent'); together in modern usage they mean 'intended to stop or reduce skidding/sliding'.