Etymology

counterstep

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Today it means: A measure taken to correct an action or situation; movement in the opposite direction. Full definition →

English step ← Middle English steppen ← Old English stæppan
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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-Germanic*stapjaną
  13. Proto-West Germanic*stappjan
  14. Old Englishstæppan
  15. Middle Englishsteppen
  16. Englishstep
  17. English todaycounterstep

From counter- + step.

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