Where does “controsoggetto” come from?
controsoggetto (Italian) comes from Italian soggetto, from Latin subiectus, from Latin subiciō, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
controsoggetto (Italian): countersubject
Ancestry of “controsoggetto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | soggetto | subject, dependent; subject, prone, exposed;... |
| 2 | Latin | subiectus | thrown, laid, placed or brought under or near,... |
| 3 | Latin | subiciō | — |
| 4 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | supo | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |