Where does “controfuoco” come from?

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

controfuoco (Italian): backfire

Definitions

  1. backfire

Ancestry of “controfuoco”, 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 *kʷuðeiEvery word from Latin cubīEvery word from Latin ubī
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