Etymology

counteroffer

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Today it means: An offer made in reply to an unacceptable offer. Full definition →

English offer ← Middle English of ← Old English of
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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*h₂ep
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  14. Proto-Germanic*ab
  15. Proto-West Germanic*ab
  16. Old Englishæf
  17. Old Englishof
  18. Middle Englishof
  19. Englishoff
  20. Englishoffer
  21. English todaycounteroffer

From counter- + offer.

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