Where does “counternarrative” come from?
counternarrative (English) comes from English counter, from Middle English countour, from Middle French contoir, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō, from Latin com- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
counternarrative (English): A narrative that goes against another narrative
Definitions
- A narrative that goes against another narrative
Ancestry of “counternarrative”, step by step
counternarrative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English counter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | counter | One who counts; A reckoner; someone who collects... |
| 2 | Middle English | countour | An accountant; a financial recordkeeper |
| 3 | Middle French | contoir | Alternative spelling of comptoir |
| 4 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 5 | Old French | compter | — |
| 6 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English narrative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | narrative | Telling a story; Overly talkative; garrulous; Of... |
| 2 | Middle French | narratif | — |
| 3 | Latin | nārrātīvus | — |
| 4 | Latin | narro | I narrate, recount; I report; I tell, speak |
| 5 | Latin | nārō | that flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the Neretva or Narenta |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gnārāō | I make known, I tell; to make known, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃ro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |