c 3 o 1 u 1 n 1 t 1 e 1 r 1 c 3 o 1 u 1 p 3
11 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
originEtymology 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 coup English countercoup From counter- + coup.
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