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Where does “counterfort” come from?

counterfort (English) comes from Middle French contrefort.

counterfort (English): A buttress built against a wall; A spur of a...

Definitions

  1. A buttress built against a wall; A spur of a...

Ancestry of “counterfort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcontrefort—
Every word from Middle French contrefort →