Where does “contrapunto” come from?

contrapunto (English) comes from Spanish contrapunto, from Spanish contra-, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.

contrapunto (English): counterpoint

Definitions

  1. counterpoint

Ancestry of “contrapunto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcontrapuntocounterpoint
2Spanishcontra-contra
3Latincontrāagainst
4Latinubīwhere? in what place?, in which place?
5Latincubī—
6Proto-Italic*kʷuðeiwhere
Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei →Every word from Latin cubī →Every word from Latin ubī →