Where does “contrast” come from?
contrast (Catalan) comes from Catalan contrastar, from Latin contrāstāre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.
contrast (Catalan): contrast
Definitions
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Ancestry of “contrast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | contrastar | to contrast |
| 2 | Latin | contrāstāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 4 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 5 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |