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- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Proto-Italic*komteros
- Proto-Italic*komterād
- Latincontrā
- Old Frenchcontre-
- Anglo-Normancountre-
- Middle Englishcounter-
- Englishcounter-
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Old Frenchsur-
- Proto-Indo-European*weǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*weǵlis
- Proto-Italic*weglis
- Latinvigil
- Latinvigilō
- Latinvigilāre
- Vulgar Latin*viglāre
- Old Frenchveillier
- Old Frenchsurveillier
- Frenchsurveiller
- Frenchsurveillance
- Englishsurveillance
- English todaycountersurveillance
From counter- + surveillance.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.