Etymology

noncontentious

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Today it means: Not contentious. Full definition →

English contentious ← Middle French contentieux ← Latin contentiōsus
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The story

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Latincontentiōsus
  3. Middle Frenchcontentieux
  4. Englishcontentious
  5. English todaynoncontentious

From non- + contentious.

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