kontrahera
Swedish
verb-reg
Definitions
- (medicine) to contract, to shrink, to shorten, to abridge
- (legal) to contract, to enter a contract with, to sign an agreement
- (obsolete) to contract, to acquire (an illness)
Etymology
Derived from Latin contrahere.
Origin
Latin
contrahere
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- contrahere Latin
- contrahere, contraho Latin
- kontrahieren German
- contrarre Italian