出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/03/21 16:23 UTC 版)
From Old Latin cubī with iambic shortening, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei or *kʷuβei, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷudʰei or *kʷobʰí (when compared with Hittite ku-wa-pi), from pronominal root *kʷu- + *-dʰi (locative suffix). Compare Ancient Greek πόθι (póthi). See also the same meanings in quō.
The unexpected loss of c may be explained as a re-analysis of the negative nēcubi, where the c was interpreted as being from nec (the negation here was just the nē). This is also clear in the compound alicubi and sī-cubi. Contamination with ibi (“there”) is also possible.
ubī̆ (not comparable)
The adverbs ubī̆ (“where”), ubī̆nam (“where in the world?”), ubī̆cumque (“wherever”) and ubiubī̆ are sometimes used with terrārum (genitive plural of terra (“land”)), locī / locōrum (genitive singular and plural of locus (“place”), respectively) and gentium (genitive plural of gens (“people, nation”)), to denote the same meaning as "where on earth" or "where in the world" (see also unde and derivatives):
From dē + ubi:
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| ・Ubi | |
| ・tii | |
| ・Water breaks | |
| ・false scent | |
| ・yuh | |
| ・maiusculus | |
| ・Aureus | |
| ・suist | |
| ・customs statistics | |
| ・sandpiper |