countersing

English

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 sing
English countersing

    From counter- + sing.

    Verb

    countersing (third-person singular simple present countersings, present participle countersinging, simple past countersang, past participle countersung)

    1. (ethology, of a bird) To sing in response to the song of another

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