Etymology

countertrade

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Today it means: Exchange of goods or services that are paid for, in whole or part, with other goods or services. Full definition →

English trade ← Middle English trade ← Middle Low German trade
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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*dreh₂-
  13. Proto-Germanic*tradō
  14. Proto-West Germanic*trudo
  15. Old Saxontrada
  16. Middle Low Germantrade
  17. Middle Englishtrade
  18. Englishtrade
  19. English todaycountertrade

From counter- + trade.

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