Proto-Italic

*komteros

‘the other of the two who meet, opposite’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *komteros.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *komteros, most familiar first.

• country ← contre ← contree ← *(terra) contrāta ← contrā
• counter ← contre ← contra ← *komterād
• con ← contrā ← *komterād
• contra ← *komterād
• contrariety ← contrariété ← contrarietas ← contrarius ← contra
• contrecoup ← contre ← contre ← contre ← contra
• contragredient ← contra ← *komterād

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *komteros