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counter-

prefix
/ˈkaʊn.tə/UK/ˈkaʊn.tɚ/CA/ˈkæɔn.tə/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- From Middle English counter-, cownter-, countre-, from Anglo-Norman countre-, from Old French contre, ultimately from Latin contra (“against”).

  1. derived from contra
  2. derived from contre
  3. derived from countre-
  4. inherited from counter-

Definitions

  1. In opposition to.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA