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Where does “contrariété” come from?

contrariété (Middle French) comes from Latin contrarietas, from Latin contrarius, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei.

Ancestry of “contrariété”, step by step

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

Words derived from “contrariété”

  • contrariety
  • subcontrariety
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