Etymology

contrecoup

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Today it means: A bruising of the brain caused by a blow, appearing on the opposite side to that on which the blow was struck. Full definition →

French contrecoup ← Latin contra
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcontra
  2. French · borrowed fromcontrecoup
  3. English todaycontrecoup

Borrowed from French contrecoup, from contre (Latin contra) + coup a blow.

Words from the same roots

Latincontra all →

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