Etymology

counterblow

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Today it means: A blow delivered in reply to a previous blow by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match. Full definition →

English blow ← Middle English blowen ← Old English blāwan
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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*bʰel-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-
  14. Proto-Germanic*blēaną
  15. Proto-West Germanic*blāan
  16. Old Englishblāwan
  17. Middle Englishblowen
  18. Englishblow
  19. English todaycounterblow

From counter- + blow.

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