Where does “countermeasure” come from?

Countermeasure comes from Middle English counter- combined with Old French mesure, from Latin mensura meaning "a measuring" and Latin contra meaning "against."

countermeasure (English): Any action taken to counteract or correct...

Definitions

  1. Any action taken to counteract or correct...

Ancestry of “countermeasure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcounter-in opposition to
2Middle Englishcounter-—
3Old Frenchcountre-Alternative form of contre-
4Old Frenchcontreagainst
5Latincontrāagainst
6Latinubīwhere? in what place?, in which place?
7Latincubī—
8Proto-Italic*kʷuðeiwhere

Words derived from “countermeasure”

Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei →Every word from Latin cubī →Every word from Latin ubī →