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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.

scontroso (Italian): surly, grumpy, petulant

Definitions

  1. surly, grumpy, petulant

Ancestry of “scontroso”, 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 “scontroso”

  • scontrosaggine
  • scontrosamente
  • scontrosità
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