Where does “contrabalanced” come from?
contrabalanced (English) comes from English Contra, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.
Ancestry of “contrabalanced”, step by step
contrabalanced traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Contra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Contra | A member of any of various rightist guerrilla... |
| 2 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 3 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 4 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |
via English balanced
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | balanced | simple past tense and past participle of balance;... |