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Where does “scontrare” come from?

scontrare (Italian) comes from Italian incontrare, from Late Latin incontra, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei.

scontrare (Italian): to knock against

Definitions

  1. to knock against

Ancestry of “scontrare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianincontrareto meet, come across, bump into, run into, find,...
2Late Latinincontratowards
3Latincontrā—
4Latinubī—
5Latincubī—
6Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—

Words derived from “scontrare”

  • riscontrabilità
  • autoscontro
  • scontrosaggine
  • scontrosamente
  • scontro
  • scontrosità
  • scontrino
  • scontroso
  • riscontrare
  • riscontrabile
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