Etymology

counteremotion

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Today it means: An emotion which acts in contrast or opposition to another emotion. Full definition →

English emotion ← Middle French emotion ← Old French esmovoir
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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*h₁éǵʰ
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  14. Proto-Italic*eks
  15. Latinex
  16. Latinex-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  19. Proto-Italic*moweō
  20. Latinmoveō
  21. Latinēmoveō
  22. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  23. Old Frenchesmovoir
  24. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  25. Middle Frenchemotion
  26. Englishemotion
  27. English todaycounteremotion

From counter- + emotion.

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