Where does “kontrastfarge” come from?
kontrastfarge (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kontrast, from French contraste, from Middle French contraste, from Italian contrasto, from Italian contrastare, from Latin contrāstāre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī — where.
kontrastfarge (Norwegian Bokmål): a contrasting colour
Definitions
- a contrasting colour
Ancestry of “kontrastfarge”, step by step
kontrastfarge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kontrast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kontrast | contrast |
| 2 | French | contraste | contrast; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Middle French | contraste | — |
| 4 | Italian | contrasto | obstacle, hindrance; quarrel, argument, dispute;... |
| 5 | Italian | contrastare | to oppose, to impede, to hinder; to quarrel, to... |
| 6 | Latin | contrāstāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 8 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 9 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |
via Norwegian Bokmål farge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | farge | color / colour |
| 2 | Middle Low German | verwe | Alternative form of varwe; color, paint |
| 3 | Old Saxon | farwi | colour |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | faru | color; appearance; journey |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | farwō | colour |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |