contingence
The origin and history of contingence.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contingentia (the source of the con- and -ence elements), from contingēns, the present passive participle of contingō, meaning ‘to make contact with, to be touching’.
The origin and history of contingence.
Borrowed from Latin contingentia (the source of the con- and -ence elements), from contingēns, the present passive participle of contingō, meaning ‘to make contact with, to be touching’.
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