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contractio.

contraction; abridgement; clamp; compression/condensation (of speech/syllable);

10 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kɔnˈtrak.ti.oː]Classical-Latin[konˈtrak.t͡si.o]

  1. a contraction, drawing together

    declension-3

  2. abridgment, shortening

    declension-3

  3. dejection, despondency

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin contrahō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin contractiō From contrahō (“draw together, shorten”) + -tiō.

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