Where does “counterrevolution” come from?
Counterrevolution combines the Old French prefix contre (from Latin contra, meaning "against") with revolution (from Old French revolucion, from Latin rota, meaning "wheel," via re- and ultimately Proto-Indo-European wel-).
counterrevolution (English): A revolution aiming to reverse the political or...
Definitions
- A revolution aiming to reverse the political or...
Ancestry of “counterrevolution”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | revolution | A political upheaval in a government or nation... |
| 2 | Middle English | revolucion | — |
| 3 | Old French | revolucion | passage; elapsing of time |
| 4 | Late Latin | revolutio | The act of revolving; revolution |
| 5 | Latin | revolvō | to roll back; unroll, unwind; revolve, return |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |