Where does “Gică-contra” come from?
Gică-contra (Romanian) comes from Romanian contra, from French contre, from Italian contro, from Italian forza, from Latin fortia, from Latin fortis, from Old Latin forctis, from Proto-Italic forktis — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.
Gică-contra (Romanian): someone who always takes a different stance from that of the majority; contrarian
Definitions
- someone who always takes a different stance from that of the majority; contrarian
Ancestry of “Gică-contra”, step by step
Gică-contra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian contra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | contra | against, versus; against, opposed to, opposite;... |
| 2 | French | contre | against; as against; in exchange for |
| 3 | Italian | contro | against; con; counter |
| 4 | Italian | forza | force; strength; ! |
| 5 | Latin | fortia | nominative neuter plural of fortis; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | fortis | strong, powerful; firm, resolute, steadfast,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | forctis | strong |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | forktis | strong, robust |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerǵʰ- | to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain |
via Serbo-Croatian gica
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | gica | piggy, piglet |
| 2 | Romanian | Georgică | — |
| 3 | Romanian | -ică | forms diminutives |
| 4 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 5 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 6 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 7 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |