Competitions or fights where people try to win against each other; or the verb meaning to challenge or dispute something.
From Latin 'contestari' (to bring to trial), combining 'con-' (together) and 'testari' (to testify). The word evolved from legal language meaning 'to dispute in court' to mean any kind of competition.
The word 'contest' has a surprising legal origin—when it meant 'to contest a will,' you were literally making people testify against each other in court, so the word originally meant legal battle before it meant sports competition!
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