controversia.
controversy/dispute; debate; moot case debated in school, forensic exercise; turning against; (turning of water against (w/aqua) (undermining land));
Meaning & usage
a quarrel, dispute, debate
lawsuit
contradiction
Where this word comes from
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 contrā Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ttós Proto-Italic *worssosder. Latin vorsus Latin versus Latin contrōversus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin contrōversia From contrōversus + -ia.
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