contractio
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a contraction, drawing together
- abridgment, shortening
- dejection, despondency
Etymology
Affix from Latin contrahō (shorten, draw together).
Origin
Latin
contrahō
Gloss
shorten, draw together
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- contractionem, contractio Latin
- contrahō Latin
- Kontraktion German
- Kontraktionsfähigkeit German
- Lanthanoidenkontraktion German
- contraheren Dutch, Flemish
- contraction French
- décontraction French
- contreure Catalan, Valencian
- contracție Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan