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Where does “contrarie” come from?

contrarie (Middle English) comes from Old French contraire, from Latin contrarius, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei.

Ancestry of “contrarie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcontraire—
2Latincontrariusopposite, opposed, contrary, conflicting,...
3Latincontrā—
4Latinubī—
5Latincubī—
6Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—

Words derived from “contrarie”

  • contrary
  • contrariwise
  • contrariness
  • contrarily
  • contrarywise
  • subcontrary
  • contraire
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