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opponent (n.)
1580s, from Latin
opponentem
(nominative
opponens
), present participle of
opponere
"oppose, object to," literally "set against, set opposite," from
ob
"against" (see
ob-
) +
ponere
"to put, set, place" (see
position
(n.)).
