Etymology

countercurrent

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Today it means: A current that flows against the prevailing one. Full definition →

English current ← Middle English curraunt ← Old French curant
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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*ḱers-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥séti
  14. Proto-Italic*korsō
  15. Latincurrere
  16. Old Frenchcorre
  17. Old Frenchcurant
  18. Middle Englishcurraunt
  19. Englishcurrent
  20. English todaycountercurrent

From counter- + current.

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