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Where does “contraire” come from?

contraire (English) comes from English contrary, from Middle English contrarie, from Old French contraire, from Latin contrarius, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei.

contraire (English): Obsolete form of contrary

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of contrary

Ancestry of “contraire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcontraryOpposite; in an opposite direction; in...
2Middle Englishcontrarie—
3Old Frenchcontraire—
4Latincontrariusopposite, opposed, contrary, conflicting,...
5Latincontrā—
6Latinubī—
7Latincubī—
8Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—
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