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Where does “contra-” come from?

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

contra- (English): against

Definitions

  1. against

Ancestry of “contra-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincontrā—
2Latinubī—
3Latincubī—
4Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—

Words derived from “contra-”

  • contraceptive
  • contralateral
  • contradistinction
  • contraindication
  • contraposition
  • contralesional
  • contrapositive
  • contragravity
  • contraindicate
  • contralaterally
  • contraflow
  • contrasexual
  • contrafactual
  • contradistinctive
  • contradistinguish
  • contrarotating
  • contrapose
  • immunocontraceptive
  • contraindicative
  • anticontraceptive
  • contranatural
  • contradirectional
  • contracyclical
  • contradistinct
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