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Where does “anticountermeasure” come from?

anticountermeasure (English) comes from English countermeasure, from English counter-, from Middle English counter-, from Old French countre-, from Old French contre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī.

anticountermeasure (English): A countercountermeasure

Definitions

  1. A countercountermeasure

Ancestry of “anticountermeasure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcountermeasureAny action taken to counteract or correct...
2Englishcounter-in opposition to
3Middle Englishcounter-—
4Old Frenchcountre-Alternative form of contre-
5Old Frenchcontreagainst
6Latincontrā—
7Latinubī—
8Latincubī—
9Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—
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