Where does “contraindicate” come from?
contraindicate (English) comes from English indicate, from Latin indicatus, from Latin indico, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
contraindicate (English): To make inadvisable; to warn against a specific...
Definitions
- To make inadvisable; to warn against a specific...
Ancestry of “contraindicate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | indicate | To point out; to discover; to direct to a... |
| 2 | Latin | indicatus | indicated, pointed out, shown, having been... |
| 3 | Latin | indico | I indicate, point out; show, declare; I reveal,... |
| 4 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 5 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |