Where does “контраст” come from?
контраст (Ukrainian) comes from French contraste, from Middle French contraste, from Italian contrasto, from Italian contrastare, from Latin contrāstāre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī — where.
контраст (Ukrainian): contrast
Definitions
- contrast
Ancestry of “контраст”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | contraste | contrast; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Middle French | contraste | — |
| 3 | Italian | contrasto | obstacle, hindrance; quarrel, argument, dispute;... |
| 4 | Italian | contrastare | to oppose, to impede, to hinder; to quarrel, to... |
| 5 | Latin | contrāstāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 7 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 8 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |