DictionaryRoot: venire
Latin
venire
come
Forms
- ven-
- vent- — Latin stem used in forms connected with coming or arrival.
Origin
Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-, ‘come; go.’
Note
Something that ‘comes about’ happens: movement becomes a way to describe events.
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verb
contravene
kon-truh-VEEN/ˌkɑːntrəˈviːn/
To violate or conflict with a rule or law.
Etymology
Literally “to come against,” contravene turns opposition into a legal relationship: an action comes into conflict with a rule. The ancestor already developed the sense “to transgress or break a law.”
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