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Where does “contraoriented” come from?

contraoriented (English) comes from English Contra, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei.

contraoriented (English): oriented in an opposite direction

Definitions

  1. oriented in an opposite direction

Ancestry of “contraoriented”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishContraA member of any of various rightist guerrilla...
2Latincontrā—
3Latinubī—
4Latincubī—
5Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—
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