Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

countermarch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: coun-ter-march
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A march back along the same route

verb

To march back along the same route

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 march English countermarch From counter- + march.

Inflected Forms

countermarches (plural) countermarches (present, singular) countermarching (participle, present) countermarched (participle, past) countermarched (past)

Questions

What does countermarch mean?: A march back along the same route
Where does countermarch 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 march English countermarch From counter- + march.

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