Etymology

countertrend

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Today it means: A trend that opposes mainstream or popular trends. Full definition →

English trend ← Middle English trenden ← Old English trendan
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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-West Germanic*trandijan
  13. Old Englishtrendan
  14. Middle Englishtrenden
  15. Englishtrend
  16. English todaycountertrend

From counter- + trend.

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