Where does “controbilanciare” come from?

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

controbilanciare (Italian): To balance or counterbalance; To offset

Definitions

  1. To balance or counterbalance; To offset

Ancestry of “controbilanciare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancontro-contro-; counter-
2Italiancontra-contra
3Latincontrāagainst
4Latinubīwhere? in what place?, in which place?
5Latincubī—
6Proto-Italic*kʷuðeiwhere
Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei →Every word from Latin cubī →Every word from Latin ubī →