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Where does “contingent” come from?

contingent (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin contingens, from Latin contingĕre.

Ancestry of “contingent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latincontingenspossible, contingent; contacting
2Latincontingĕre—

Words derived from “contingent”

  • contingent
  • contingency
  • contingently
  • noncontingent
  • noncontingently
  • contingentism
  • contingentness
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