Where does “countertenor” come from?

countertenor (English) comes from Latin contrātenor.

countertenor (English): adult male singer who uses head tone or falsetto...

Definitions

  1. adult male singer who uses head tone or falsetto...

Ancestry of “countertenor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincontrātenor

Words derived from “countertenor

Every word from Latin contrātenor
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