Where does “cabaletta” come from?
cabaletta (English) comes from Italian coboletta, from Italian cobola, from Old Occitan cobla, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis.
cabaletta (English): A short, rhythmically repetitive aria
Definitions
- A short, rhythmically repetitive aria
Ancestry of “cabaletta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | coboletta | Short stanza; couplet |
| 2 | Italian | cobola | Alternative form of cobbola; stanza, couplet |
| 3 | Old Occitan | cobla | couplet |
| 4 | Latin | cōpula | — |
| 5 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 6 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 8 | Latin | Apis | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 10 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 11 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |