Where does “contrário” come from?
contrário (Portuguese) comes from Latin contrarius, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.
contrário (Portuguese): contrary, opposite; opposed, against
Definitions
- contrary, opposite; opposed, against
Ancestry of “contrário”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | contrarius | opposite, opposed, contrary, conflicting,... |
| 2 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 3 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 4 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |