Where does “divertimento” come from?
divertimento (English) comes from Italian divertimento, from Italian divertire, from Italian divertere, from Latin dīvertō, from Latin dī-, from Ancient Greek δί-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís — two.
divertimento (English): composition that has several short movements, a...
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- composition that has several short movements, a...
Ancestry of “divertimento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | divertimento | fun, amusement, entertainment, distraction;... |
| 2 | Italian | divertire | to turn away, to divert; to distract, to divert;... |
| 3 | Italian | divertere | Obsolete form of divertire |
| 4 | Latin | dīvertō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dī- | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δί- | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |