Where does “contraretiarius” come from?

contraretiarius (Latin) comes from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.

contraretiarius (Latin): A net-fighting opponent; the opponent of a...

Definitions

  1. A net-fighting opponent; the opponent of a...

Ancestry of “contraretiarius”, step by step

contraretiarius traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin contrā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincontrāagainst
2Latinubīwhere? in what place?, in which place?
3Latincubī
4Proto-Italic*kʷuðeiwhere

via Latin retiarius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinretiariusA net-fighter; a gladiator who fights with a net
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷuðeiEvery word from Latin cubīEvery word from Latin ubī
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