Etymology

countercity

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Today it means: Targeting a city. Full definition →

English city ← Middle English cite ← Old French citet
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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. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  13. Proto-Italic*keiwis
  14. Latinceivis
  15. Latinceivitās
  16. Late Latincīvitātem (city)
  17. Old Frenchcitet
  18. Middle Englishcite
  19. Englishcity
  20. English todaycountercity

From counter- + city.

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