Where does “contrastimulus” come from?
contrastimulus (English) comes from English Contra, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.
Ancestry of “contrastimulus”, step by step
contrastimulus 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 stimulus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | stimulus | Any external phenomenon that has an influence on... |
| 2 | Latin | stimulus | a goad, prick; a sting; stimulus, incentive |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | stey- | to stick; compress; condense |