English
contumacious
Contumacious comes from Latin contumāx ‘stubborn, obstinate’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontumāx‘stubborn, obstinate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1671contumacious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontumāx‘stubborn, obstinate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1671contumacious
Earliest quotation: 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes: “[…] and, on his conſtancie, ſounds an accuſation to…”.
Formed from -ious
Every English word from Latin contumāx
Today it means
adj Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin contumāx / contumacious