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- contrast



[contrast 词源字典] - contrast: see statue
[contrast etymology, contrast origin, 英语词源] - contrast (v.)




- 1690s, from French contraster (Old French contrester), modified by or from Italian contrastare "stand out against, strive, contend," from Vulgar Latin *contrastare "to withstand," from Latin contra "against" (see contra) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
Middle English had contrest "to fight against, to withstand," which became extinct. Modern word re-introduced as an art term. Related: Contrasted; contrasting; contrastive. - contrast (n.)




- 1711, from contrast (v.).