Where does “contralto” come from?

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

contralto (Portuguese): contralto voice between tenor and mezzo-soprano

Definitions

  1. contralto voice between tenor and mezzo-soprano

Ancestry of “contralto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancontraltocontralto; counter-tenor
2Italiancontra-contra
3Latincontrāagainst
4Latinubīwhere? in what place?, in which place?
5Latincubī—
6Proto-Italic*kʷuðeiwhere
Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei →