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,...
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- Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes,...
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