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Where does “scontro” come from?

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

scontro (Italian): crash, collision; crash, fight, fighting,...

Definitions

  1. crash, collision; crash, fight, fighting,...

Ancestry of “scontro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscontrareto knock against
2Italianincontrareto meet, come across, bump into, run into, find,...
3Late Latinincontratowards
4Latincontrā—
5Latinubī—
6Latincubī—
7Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—

Words derived from “scontro”

  • autoscontro
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