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Where does “countervail” come from?

countervail (English) comes from Anglo-Norman countrevaloir.

countervail (English): To have the same value as; To counteract,...

Definitions

  1. To have the same value as; To counteract,...

Ancestry of “countervail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normancountrevaloir—

Words derived from “countervail”

  • countervailable
  • countervailability
Every word from Anglo-Norman countrevaloir →