Where does “kontrast” come from?
kontrast (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French contraste, from Middle French contraste, from Italian contrasto, from Italian contrastare, from Latin contrāstāre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī — where.
kontrast (Norwegian Nynorsk): contrast
Definitions
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Ancestry of “kontrast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | contraste | contrast; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Middle French | contraste | — |
| 3 | Italian | contrasto | obstacle, hindrance; quarrel, argument, dispute;... |
| 4 | Italian | contrastare | to oppose, to impede, to hinder; to quarrel, to... |
| 5 | Latin | contrāstāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 7 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 8 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |