counterbattery

Questions

What does counterbattery mean?

Directed against opposing artillery.

Where does counterbattery come from?

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 *bʰedʰh₂-der. Germanicbor. Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der. Gaulishbor. Latin battuō Latin battere Old French batre Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French baterieder. Middle French batteriebor. English battery English counterbattery From counter- + battery.

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