Etymology

counter-time

Today it means: An attack that responds to the opponent's counter-attack. Full definition →

English time ← Middle English tyme ← Old English tīma
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dih₂-mon-
  15. Proto-Germanic*tīmô
  16. Proto-West Germanic*tīmō
  17. Old Englishtīma
  18. Middle Englishtyme
  19. Englishtime
  20. English todaycounter-time

From counter- + time.

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