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Where does “contrarious” come from?

contrarious (Middle English) comes from Old French contrarious, from Latin contrariosus.

Ancestry of “contrarious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcontrariousmaddening; irritating; angry; angered
2Latincontrariosus—

Words derived from “contrarious”

  • contrarious
  • contrariousness
  • contrariously
Every word from Latin contrariosus →