counter-productive

Questions

What does counter-productive mean?

Alternative spelling of counterproductive.

Where does counter-productive come from?

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- Latin prōdūcō Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive English counter-productive From counter- + productive.

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