Where does “encontrer” come from?

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

encontrer (Middle French): to meet

Definitions

  1. to meet

Ancestry of “encontrer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchencontrerto meet; to encounter; to meet in battle; to...
2Old Frenchencontremeeting; battle; combat; opposite
3Late Latinincontratowards
4Latincontrāagainst
5Latinubīwhere? in what place?, in which place?
6Latincubī
7Proto-Italic*kʷuðeiwhere
Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷuðeiEvery word from Latin cubīEvery word from Latin ubī