Where does “contrar” come from?

contrar (Romanian) comes from French contraire, from Latin contrarius, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.

contrar (Romanian): contrary; opposite

Definitions

  1. contrary; opposite

Ancestry of “contrar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcontraireopposite; contradictory; hostile, unfavorable
2Latincontrariusopposite, opposed, contrary, conflicting,...
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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