Where does “Contra” come from?
Contra comes from Spanish contrarrevolucionarios, meaning those opposed to revolution, ultimately from Latin contra meaning against.
Contra (English): A member of any of various rightist guerrilla...
Definitions
- A member of any of various rightist guerrilla...
Ancestry of “Contra”, step by step
Contra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin contrā
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 2 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 3 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |
via Spanish contrarrevolucionarios
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | contrarrevolucionarios | masculine plural of contrarrevolucionario;... |
Words derived from “Contra”
- contralesional
- contragravity
- contrafactual
- contradistinctive
- contrarotating
- contraindicative
- contradirectional
- Contragate
- contradistinct
- contraclockwise
- contralesionally
- contraindicator
- contradistinctively
- contrarotation
- contrastimulant
- contraindicatory
- contrasuggestibility
- anticontra
- contraparallelogram
- contraplex
- contraremonstrant
- contraoriented
- contrapolar
- contrafissure