English
ex contractu
Ex contractu comes from Latin ex ‘from’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEex‘from’
- Englishearliest quotation 1751ex contractu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEex‘from’
- Englishearliest quotation 1751ex contractu
Earliest quotation: 1751, Andrew MacDowall Bankton, Edinburgh: Printed by R. Fleming: “The diviſion of obligations, into thoſe ariſing from a…”
Linked words
through Latin ex ‘from’
exchange, ex, squash, extort, extenuating, affray, enunciation, excommunicate, 11 more
Today it means
adj Of a legal obligation: arising from a contractual relationship.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ex / ex contractu