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Where does “uncontrasted” come from?

uncontrasted (English) comes from English contrasted, from English contrast, from French contraster, from Italian contrastare, from Latin contrāstāre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī.

uncontrasted (English): Not contrasted

Definitions

  1. Not contrasted

Ancestry of “uncontrasted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcontrastedsimple past tense and past participle of...
2EnglishcontrastA difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue...
3Frenchcontrasterto contrast
4Italiancontrastareto oppose, to impede, to hinder; to quarrel, to...
5Latincontrāstāre—
6Latincontrā—
7Latinubī—
8Latincubī—
9Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—
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