The story
- Latin · derived fromcontra
- Spanish · borrowed fromcontrayerba“literally, a counter-herb, hence an antidote for poison”
- English todaycontrayerva
From Spanish contrayerba (“literally, a counter-herb, hence an antidote for poison”), from Latin contra + herba (“herb”).
Words from the same roots
Latincontra all →
controlcounterconcontrarietycontra-contragredientcontravallationcontrecoupcounter-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.