Where does “contrāpōnere” come from?
contrāpōnere (Latin) comes from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.
Ancestry of “contrāpōnere”, step by step
contrāpōnere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin pōnō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |
via Latin contrā
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 2 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 3 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |
Words derived from “contrāpōnere”