Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counterdrug

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: coun-ter-drug
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Against the trafficking of drugs.

Example Sentences

"As corruption continued unabated, the United States encouraged the Mexican government to create special counterdrug units within the PGR."

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- English drug English counterdrug From counter- + drug.

Questions

What does counterdrug mean?: Against the trafficking of drugs.
Where does counterdrug 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- English drug English counterdrug From counter- + drug.

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