Where does “contravariance” come from?

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

contravariance (English): The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator

Definitions

  1. The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator

Ancestry of “contravariance”, step by step

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