Where does “Contra” come from?

Contra (Portuguese) comes from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.

Contra (Portuguese): against

Definitions

  1. against

Ancestry of “Contra”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Contra”

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