English Explanatory Dictionary

countermove

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A move in opposition or response to a preceding move.
verb
  1. To move in opposition or in retaliation.

Word forms

countermove countermoves countermoving countermoved

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move English countermove From counter- + move.

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