Where does “noncontrastive” come from?
noncontrastive (English) comes from English contrastive, from English contrast, from French contraster, from Italian contrastare, from Latin contrāstāre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī — where.
noncontrastive (English): Not contrastive
Definitions
- Not contrastive
Ancestry of “noncontrastive”, step by step
noncontrastive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English contrastive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | contrastive | Contrasting |
| 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 |