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
- A contract in electronic or digital form
Ancestry of “e-contract”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | contract | An agreement between two or more parties, to... |
| 2 | Old French | contract | — |
| 3 | Latin | contractus | collected, accomplished, contracted; narrow,... |
| 4 | Latin | contrahō | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | -dō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 8 | Sicilian | di | — |
| 9 | Latin | dē | — |
| 10 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 11 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |