Where does “e-contract” come from?

e-contract (English) comes from English contract, from Old French contract, from Latin contractus, from Latin contrahō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di — afterwards, post; by, at.

e-contract (English): A contract in electronic or digital form

Definitions

  1. A contract in electronic or digital form

Ancestry of “e-contract”, step by step

e-contract traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English contract

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcontractAn agreement between two or more parties, to...
2Old Frenchcontract
3Latincontractuscollected, accomplished, contracted; narrow,...
4Latincontrahōto draw in, bring or drag several objects together; collect, assemble, gather, amass
5Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
6Latin-dōto put
7Proto-Germanic-dô
8SiciliandiUsed to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
9Latinof; concerning; about
10Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
11Latinposteablative singular of postis
12Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via English E

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEThe ordinal number fifth, derived from this...
2Old EnglishE
3LatinEScribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae
4Etruscan𐌄
5Ancient GreekεLower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll
6Phoenician𐤄that
7Egyptian𓀠
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pós
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