Where does “contre” come from?

contre (Middle French) comes from Old French contre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.

contre (Middle French): against; opposing

Definitions

  1. against; opposing

Ancestry of “contre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcontreagainst
2Latincontrāagainst
3Latinubīwhere? in what place?, in which place?
4Latincubī—
5Proto-Italic*kʷuðeiwhere

Words derived from “contre”

Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei →Every word from Latin cubī →Every word from Latin ubī →