Etymology

counterinsurgency

Today it means: Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare. Full definition →

English insurgency ← Latin īnsurgentem ← Proto-Italic *regō
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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*h₁én
  13. Proto-Italic*en
  14. Proto-Italic*en-
  15. Latinin-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  17. Proto-Italic*supo
  18. Latinsub
  19. Latinsub-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₃réǵeti
  22. Proto-Italic*regō
  23. Latinregō
  24. Latinsubrigō
  25. Latinsurrigō
  26. Latinsurgō
  27. Latinīnsurgō
  28. Latinīnsurgentem
  29. Englishinsurgent
  30. Englishinsurgency
  31. English todaycounterinsurgency

From counter- + insurgency.

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