Where does “أوبريت” come from?
أوبريت (Arabic) comes from French opérette, from French opéra, from Italian opera, from Latin opera, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós — to follow; to see; to say.
أوبريت (Arabic): operetta
Definitions
- operetta
Ancestry of “أوبريت”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | opérette | operetta, light opera |
| 2 | French | opéra | opera; third-person singular past historic of... |
| 3 | Italian | opera | work; means, help, services; opus |
| 4 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 5 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |