Where does “scontroso” come from?

scontroso (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 — where.

scontroso (Italian): surly, grumpy, petulant

Definitions

surly, grumpy, petulant

Ancestry of “scontroso”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	scontrare	to knock against
2	Italian	incontrare	to meet, come across, bump into, run into, find,...
3	Late Latin	incontra	towards
4	Latin	contrā	against
5	Latin	ubī	where? in what place?, in which place?
6	Latin	cubī	—
7	Proto-Italic	*kʷuðei	where

Words derived from “scontroso”

scontrosità
scontrosaggine
scontrosamente

Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei →Every word from Latin cubī →Every word from Latin ubī →