Etymology

counter-trial

Today it means: A staged trial, running in parallel with a real one that is thought to be politically motivated or otherwise rigged, in which the truth can be made public. Full definition →

English trial ← Middle English trial ← Anglo-Norman trial
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The story

  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. Old Frenchtrier
  13. Anglo-Normantrial
  14. Middle Englishtrial
  15. Englishtrial
  16. English todaycounter-trial

From counter- + trial.

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