Where does “contraceptive” come from?
contraceptive (French) comes from French contraceptif, from English contraceptive, from English contra-, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.
contraceptive (French): feminine singular of contraceptif
Definitions
- feminine singular of contraceptif
Ancestry of “contraceptive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | contraceptif | contraceptive; a contraceptive |
| 2 | English | contraceptive | That acts to prevent conception as a result of... |
| 3 | English | contra- | against |
| 4 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 5 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 6 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |