noun, feminine/kontɾaɡˈθjon/plural: contracciones
contraction
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahō Latin contrahō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin contractiōnembor. Spanish contracción Borrowed from Latin contractiōnem.