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Where does “contrarie” come from?

contrarie (Italian) comes from Italian contrario, from Latin contrarius, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei.

contrarie (Italian): feminine plural of contrario

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of contrario

Ancestry of “contrarie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancontrariocontrary, opposite, alien; unfavourable, adverse;...
2Latincontrariusopposite, opposed, contrary, conflicting,...
3Latincontrā—
4Latinubī—
5Latincubī—
6Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—
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