myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of contratto

1. Etymology of the Italian word contratto

the Italian word contratto

derived from the Italian word contrarre

derived from the Latin word contractus (close, narrow, restricted; shrinking, narrowing; undertaking; violated; dishonored; touched carnally)

derived from the Latin word contrahere (bring, draw together, in; enter into, upon relationship, agreement; sadden, depress, diminish)

derived from the Classical Latin word trahere (to draw; draw, drag, haul)

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

Dutch contracteren, English contract, French contrat, French contracter, German kontrahieren, German Kontrakt, Lithuanian kontraktas, Norwegian kontrahere, Polish kontrakt, Russian контpaкт, Spanish contrato, Swedish kontrahera, Yiddish kontrakt

derived from the Italian word contratto