counterintelligence
/kˌaʊntɚɪntˈɛlɪdʒəns/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
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 intelligence English counterintelligence From counter- + intelligence.