counterinsurgent

adjective

of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

Roots

contracounter- · Latin · against inin- · Latin · against, upon surgeresurg- · Latin · to rise ens-ent · Latin · agent, one who

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The word counterinsurgent breaks down into 4 roots of Latin origin: counter-, from Latin contra (“against”); in-, from Latin in (“against, upon”); surg, from Latin surgere (“to rise”); and -ent, from Latin ens (“agent, one who”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.