Where does “counterreprisal” come from?
counterreprisal (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,...
counterreprisal (English): A reprisal in response to a prior reprisal
Definitions
- A reprisal in response to a prior reprisal
Ancestry of “counterreprisal”, step by step
counterreprisal 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 reprisal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reprisal | An act of retaliation; Something taken from an... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | reprisaille | repossession; retaking; act of taking something... |
| 3 | Old Italian | ripresaglia | — |
| 4 | Italian | ripreso | past participle of riprendere |
| 5 | Italian | riprendere | to take or grab again; to catch up to; to take... |
| 6 | Latin | reprendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | reprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | reprehendo | I hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize,... |
| 9 | Latin | prehendo | I lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take,... |
| 10 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |