Where does “kontra” come from?
kontra (Maltese) comes from Italian contra, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.
kontra (Maltese): against
Definitions
- against
Ancestry of “kontra”, step by step
kontra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian contra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | contra | Obsolete form of contro; third-person singular... |
| 2 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 3 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 4 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |
via Sicilian contra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | contra | — |