contra-

prefix

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrābor. English contra- From Latin contrā (“against”). Doublet of counter-.

borrowed from contrā

Definitions

Against
Against; in opposition to.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for contra-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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