The story
- Latin · derived fromcontrā
- Italian · borrowed fromcontravvallazione
- French · borrowed fromcontrevallation
- English todaycontravallation
By surface analysis, contra- + vallation (“rampart”). Possibly from French contrevallation or Italian contravvallazione; in any case, from Latin contrā + vallātiō (from vallare (“to surround with a rampart”), from vallum (“rampart”)).
Words from the same roots
Latincontrā all →
controlcounterconcontrarietycontra-contragredientcontrayervacontrecoupcounter-
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