Etymology

contractual

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Today it means: Of, relating to, or enforced by a contract. Full definition →

Latin contractus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcontractus
  2. English todaycontractual

Morphologically contract + -ual, from Latin contractus + -al.

Words from the same roots

Latincontractus all →

contract

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