Etymology of the English word countervail
the English word
countervailderived from the Old French word
contrevaloirderived from the Latin word
contraderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
Date
The earliest known usage of countervail in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
countervailed,
countervailingUsage
Word found in Modern English
