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Where does “contraindicatory” come from?

contraindicatory (English) comes from English indicatory, from English indicate, from Latin indicatus, from Latin indico, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

contraindicatory (English): Serving as a contraindication

Definitions

  1. Serving as a contraindication

Ancestry of “contraindicatory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishindicatoryThat indicates, signifies or implies
2EnglishindicateTo point out; to discover; to direct to a...
3Latinindicatusindicated, pointed out, shown, having been...
4LatinindicoI indicate, point out; show, declare; I reveal,...
5Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
6Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
7Old Latinenin
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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