Where does “contraceptive” come from?

Contraceptive derives from English conceptive, from Latin contra meaning "against," combined with Latin rota, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European ret-, Hróth₂-eh₂, and ultimately Hreth₂-.

contraceptive (English): That acts to prevent conception as a result of...

Definitions

  1. That acts to prevent conception as a result of...

Ancestry of “contraceptive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcontra-against
2Latincontrāagainst
3Latinubīwhere? in what place?, in which place?
4Latincubī—
5Proto-Italic*kʷuðeiwhere

Words derived from “contraceptive”

Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei →Every word from Latin cubī →Every word from Latin ubī →