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- Latin · derived fromcontentio, contentionem
- Old French · derived fromcontencion
- Middle English · inherited fromcontencion
- English todaycontention
From Middle English contencion, borrowed from Old French contencion, from Latin contentio, contentionem, from contendō (past participle contentus); equivalent to contend + -tion (similar formation to attention).
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