Where does “contrariety” come from?
Contrariety comes from Middle French contrariété, from Latin contrarietas, from Latin contrarius meaning "opposite," from Latin contra meaning "against," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ret-.
contrariety (English): Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes,...
Definitions
- Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes,...
Ancestry of “contrariety”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | contrariété | — |
| 2 | Latin | contrarietas | opposition, contrariety |
| 3 | Latin | contrarius | opposite, opposed, contrary, conflicting,... |
| 4 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 5 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 6 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |