Where does “duet” come from?
Duet comes from Italian duetto, from Italian duo, from Latin duo meaning "two," from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁.
duet (English): A musical composition in two parts, each...
Definitions
- A musical composition in two parts, each...
Ancestry of “duet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | duetto | duet; duo; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 3 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 4 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 5 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 6 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |