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Where does “contromerlato” come from?

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

contromerlato (Italian): counter-embattled

Definitions

  1. counter-embattled

Ancestry of “contromerlato”, step by step

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