Where does “contrappasso” come from?

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

contrappasso (Italian): retaliation; contrapasso

Definitions

  1. retaliation; contrapasso

Ancestry of “contrappasso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancontra-contra
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 →
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