Etymology

countermeasure

coun·ter·mea·sure
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Today it means: Any action taken to counteract or correct another. Full definition →

English measure ← Middle English mesure ← Old French mesure
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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*med-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  14. Proto-Italic*mētis
  15. Latinmētior
  16. Latinmēnsūra
  17. Old Frenchmesure
  18. Middle Englishmesure
  19. Englishmeasure
  20. English todaycountermeasure

From counter- + measure.

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