Etymology

countrywide

coun·try·wide
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Today it means: Throughout a country. Full definition →

English wide ← Old English wīd ← Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
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  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. Vulgar Latin*(terra) contrāta
  9. Old Frenchcontree
  10. Middle Englishcontre
  11. Englishcountry
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  17. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  18. Old Englishwīd
  19. Englishwide
  20. English todaycountrywide

From country + -wide.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.