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- Latin · derived fromex“from”
- English todayex contractu
From Latin ex (“from”) + contractū (ablative singular of contractus (“contract”)).
Words from the same roots
Latinex all →
exchangeawardexeffortsewersoarallegeextenuatingaventailelanceex-excarnificateexcorticateex negativoexnihilationex nuncex parteex post factoex situexsufflicateex temporeextumescenceex-voto
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.