Where does “contradictory” come from?
Contradictory comes from Late Latin contradictorius, formed from Latin contradico meaning to speak against, from contra meaning against and rota meaning wheel, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots ret- and deyḱ-.
contradictory (English): That contradicts something, such as an argument;...
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- That contradicts something, such as an argument;...
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