1. Etymology of the Italian word contrappasso
the Italian word
contrappassoderived from the Medieval Latin word
contrapassumderived from the Latin word
pati (suffer; allow; undergo)
derived from the Latin word
contraderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
2. Etymology of the Italian word contrappasso
derived from the Italian word
contrappassoderived from the Italian word
passoderived from the Late Latin word
passus (spread out; outstretched; dried; step, pace)
derived from the Latin word
pati (suffer; allow; undergo)
derived from the Latin word
pandere (spread out [passis manibus => with hands outstretched])
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*petÉ™-using the Italian prefix
contra-derived from the Latin word
contraderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
