Where does “controcatena” come from?

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

controcatena (Italian): straining beam, straining piece

Definitions

  1. straining beam, straining piece

Ancestry of “controcatena”, 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 →