Where does “choreomusicology” come from?
choreomusicology (English) comes from English musicology, from English music, from Middle English musik, from Old French musique, from Italian mosaico, from Latin musaicum, from Latin musivum, from Latin mūsēum — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
choreomusicology (English): A field of study concerned with the relationship between music and dance
Definitions
- A field of study concerned with the relationship between music and dance
Ancestry of “choreomusicology”, step by step
choreomusicology traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English musicology
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | musicology | the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in... |
| 2 | English | music | A series of sounds organized in time, employing... |
| 3 | Middle English | musik | Alternative form of musike |
| 4 | Old French | musique | music |
| 5 | Italian | mosaico | mosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle; mixture;... |
| 6 | Latin | musaicum | — |
| 7 | Latin | musivum | mosaic |
| 8 | Latin | mūsēum | a place or temple devoted to the Muses |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μουσεῖον | a home of music poetry; a museum, a... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μοῦσα | Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,... |
via English choreology
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | choreology | The study of the aesthetic and science of forms of dance and other human movement, by means of notation |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | χορεία | dance, especially choral dance with music; any... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |