Where does “contrastare” come from?
contrastare (Romanian) comes from Romanian contrasta, from French contraster, from Italian contrastare, from Latin contrāstāre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.
contrastare (Romanian): contrasting
Definitions
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Ancestry of “contrastare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | contrasta | to contrast |
| 2 | French | contraster | to contrast |
| 3 | Italian | contrastare | to oppose, to impede, to hinder; to quarrel, to... |
| 4 | Latin | contrāstāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 6 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 7 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |