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adversative
[adversative 词源字典]
"(Of a word or phrase) expressing opposition or antithesis", Late Middle English: from French
adversatif
,
-ive
or late Latin
adversativus
, from Latin
adversari
'oppose', from
adversus
(see
adverse
).
[adversative etymology, adversative origin, 英语词源]