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35,981 English word records · 45,491 etymology sections in this online subset

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Chambers (1908)

1908
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Counter

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2REVIEWED RESULTS
0WORD DOSSIERS
0HISTORICAL NODES
0SOURCES
2CLAIMS
0WITNESSES
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MODERN ENTRY POINTS

WORD DOSSIERS

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No reviewed record in this collection contains “counter.” Absence describes this graph, not all of linguistic scholarship.

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ATTESTED / RECONSTRUCTED / BOUNDARY

HISTORICAL FORMS

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No reviewed record in this collection contains “counter.” Absence describes this graph, not all of linguistic scholarship.

03

WHERE INTERPRETATION IS TESTED

CLAIMS & DISPUTES

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SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 1

resolvedestablishedposition text

Is the Devil the central current meaning of fiende?

No. SO defines an opponent prepared to harm a counterpart and supplies ordinary, military, figurative, and natural-enemy uses. SAOB marks the older Devil use as barely current by 1924.

2 CITATIONS / AUDIT ↗fiende DOSSIER ↗

CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 1

RANK 69GRADE Aranked reveal

Your bank check began as a threat to a king.

Persian šāh becomes a chess warning, French eschec, and English check. Stop and restraint later produce verification and the anti-forgery counterfoil behind the bank draft.

2 CITATIONS / AUDIT ↗check DOSSIER ↗
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BOOKS / DICTIONARIES / ARTICLES / DATABASES

SOURCES

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No reviewed record in this collection contains “counter.” Absence describes this graph, not all of linguistic scholarship.

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FIRST USES & HISTORICAL OBJECTS

ATTESTATION WITNESSES

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No reviewed record in this collection contains “counter.” Absence describes this graph, not all of linguistic scholarship.

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