Where does “contrastedly” come from?
contrastedly (English) comes from English contrasted, from English contrast, from French contraster, from Italian contrastare, from Latin contrāstāre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī — where.
contrastedly (English): in contrast
Definitions
- in contrast
Ancestry of “contrastedly”, step by step
contrastedly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English contrasted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | contrasted | simple past tense and past participle of... |
| 2 | English | contrast | A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue... |
| 3 | French | contraster | to contrast |
| 4 | Italian | contrastare | to oppose, to impede, to hinder; to quarrel, to... |
| 5 | Latin | contrāstāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 7 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 8 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |