Where does “contraste” come from?
contraste (French) comes from Middle French contraste, from Italian contrasto, from Italian contrastare, from Latin contrāstāre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.
contraste (French): contrast; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- contrast; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “contraste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | contraste | — |
| 2 | Italian | contrasto | obstacle, hindrance; quarrel, argument, dispute;... |
| 3 | Italian | contrastare | to oppose, to impede, to hinder; to quarrel, to... |
| 4 | Latin | contrāstāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 6 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 7 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |