Where does “contratempo” come from?

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

contratempo (Portuguese): contretemps; hi-hat

Definitions

  1. contretemps; hi-hat

Ancestry of “contratempo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancontrattempohitch, setback, difficulty; interval; backbeat
2ItaliancontraObsolete form of contro; third-person singular...
3Latincontrāagainst
4Latinubīwhere? in what place?, in which place?
5Latincubī
6Proto-Italic*kʷuðeiwhere
Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷuðeiEvery word from Latin cubīEvery word from Latin ubī
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