Where does “counterinsurgency” come from?
Counterinsurgency comes from English insurgency with the prefix counter- from Middle English, Old French countre- and contre meaning "against," from Latin contra, which is related to Latin rota and Proto-Indo-European ret- and Hróth₂-eh₂.
counterinsurgency (English): Any political or military action taken to defeat...
Definitions
- Any political or military action taken to defeat...
Ancestry of “counterinsurgency”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insurgency | rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent |
| 2 | English | insurgent | Rebellious, opposing authority; One of several... |
| 3 | Latin | īnsurgentem | — |
| 4 | Latin | surgō | to rise; to arise; to rise from bed; to get up; to stand up |
| 5 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 6 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |