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Where does “anticontraceptive” come from?

anticontraceptive (English) comes from English contraceptive, from English contra-, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei.

anticontraceptive (English): Opposing or forbidding the use of contraceptives

Definitions

  1. Opposing or forbidding the use of contraceptives

Ancestry of “anticontraceptive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcontraceptiveThat acts to prevent conception as a result of...
2Englishcontra-against
3Latincontrā—
4Latinubī—
5Latincubī—
6Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—
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