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Where does “controbattere” come from?

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

controbattere (Italian): to counterattack or counterstrike; to answer...

Definitions

  1. to counterattack or counterstrike; to answer...

Ancestry of “controbattere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancontro-contro-; counter-
2Italiancontra-contra-
3Latincontrā—
4Latinubī—
5Latincubī—
6Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—

Words derived from “controbattere”

  • controbattibile
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