köken: From Middle Dutch controversie, from Old French controversie, from Latin contrōversia. The current spelling controverse is due to later influence from Middle French and modern French.
köken: From Latin contrōversia, from contrōversus + -ia. Cognate with German kontrovers (“controversial”), English controversy, French controverse and Old French controversie.
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πόλεμος (pólemos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós)lbor. French polémiquebor. Polish polemika Borrowed from French polémique.
köken: From English controversy, from Middle English controversie, from Old French controversie, from Latin contrōversia (“debate, contention, controversy”), from contrōversus (“turned in an opposite direction”).
Borrowed from French polémique, from Ancient Greek πολεμῐκός (polemĭkós, “warlike, hostile”). Compare English polemic, German Polemik, Polish polemika, Russian поле́мика (polémika), Italian polemica.