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uncontacted

|un-con-tact-ed|

/ʌnˈkɒn.tæktɪd/

(contact)

connection or communication

Base Form	Plural	Present	3rd Person Sing.	Past	Past Participle	Present Participle	Noun	Adjective	Adjective
contact	contacts	contacting	contacts	contacted	contacted	contacting	non-contact	contactable	non-contact

Etymology

Etymology Information

'uncontacted' originates from the prefix 'un-' meaning 'not' and the word 'contact', which comes from Latin 'contactus', meaning 'a touching'.

Historical Evolution

'contactus' transformed into the French word 'contact', and eventually became the modern English word 'contact'.

Meaning Changes

Initially, 'contact' meant 'a touching', but over time it evolved to mean 'communication or interaction'.

Meanings by Part of Speech

Adjective 1

describing a group or community that has not been in contact with the outside world.

The tribe remains uncontacted by modern civilization.

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