Where does “contrattempo” come from?
contrattempo (Italian) comes from Italian contra, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei.
contrattempo (Italian): hitch, setback, difficulty; interval; backbeat
Definitions
- hitch, setback, difficulty; interval; backbeat
Ancestry of “contrattempo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | contra | Obsolete form of contro; third-person singular... |
| 2 | Latin | contrā | — |
| 3 | Latin | ubī | — |
| 4 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | — |