counter-argumentative
adjEtymology
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- Latin arguō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Latin argūmentum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin argūmentor Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin argūmentātīvusder. Middle English argumentatif English argumentative English counter-argumentative From counter- + argumentative.
- derived from -īvus Medieval Latin argūmentātīvusder
- derived from contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor
- derived from *komterād Latin contrāder✻
Definitions
Acting against an argument given
Acting against an argument given; intending to counter an argument.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for counter-argumentative. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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