Where does “contrasto” come from?

contrasto (Latin) comes from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

contrasto (Latin): I oppose

Definitions

  1. I oppose

Ancestry of “contrasto”, step by step

contrasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin stō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstōto stand
2Proto-Italicstaēōstand
3Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-

via Latin contrā

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

Words derived from “contrasto

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
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