Where does “rencontrer” come from?

rencontrer (French) comes from Old French encontrer, from Old French encontre, from Late Latin incontra, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.

rencontrer (French): to meet; to come across

Definitions

  1. to meet; to come across

Ancestry of “rencontrer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchencontrerto meet; to encounter; to meet in battle; to...
2Old Frenchencontremeeting; battle; combat; opposite
3Late Latinincontratowards
4Latincontrāagainst
5Latinubīwhere? in what place?, in which place?
6Latincubī—
7Proto-Italic*kʷuðeiwhere

Words derived from “rencontrer”

Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei →Every word from Latin cubī →Every word from Latin ubī →