Where does “împotrivitor” come from?

împotrivitor (Romanian) comes from Romanian împotrivi, from Romanian împotrivă, from Romanian în-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

împotrivitor (Romanian): opposer

Definitions

  1. opposer

Ancestry of “împotrivitor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianîmpotrivito resist
2Romanianîmpotrivăcontra; in front of
3Romanianîn-used to denote derivation
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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