Etymology of the English word country
the English word
countryderived from the Old French word
contrederived from the Latin word
contraderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
derived from the Old French word
contréederived from the Old French word
contreederived from the Latin word
contrataderived from the Latin word
contraderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
derived from the Latin root
*terra contrataderived from the Latin word
contraderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
Date
The earliest known usage of country in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
countrify,
countryfolk,
countrypeople,
countryseat,
countryside,
countrywide,
countrywoman,
countrymanDerivations in other languages
Italian
countryUsage
Word found in Modern English
