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Where does “contrappasso” come from?

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

contrappasso (Italian): retaliation; contrapasso

Definitions

  1. retaliation; contrapasso

Ancestry of “contrappasso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancontra-contra-
2Latincontrā—
3Latinubī—
4Latincubī—
5Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—
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