Country

Morpheme

Country

Type

free base

Denotation

land opposite, geographical area, region, district, sovereign state, rural area

Etymology

Middle English contre, contree, contreie; Old French contree; Vulgar Latin contrāta; Latin contra

Evidence

anticountry, backcountry, countries, country, countryfolk, countryish, countryless, countrylike, countryman, countrymate, countryperson, countryside, countrywide, countrywoman, frontcountry, intercountry, intracountry, microcountry, multicountry, noncountry, transcountry

Notes

not related to county

See Also

Countri, contra-