Where does “duettist” come from?
duettist (English) comes from English duet, from Italian duetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos.
duettist (English): Someone who performs in a duet
Definitions
- Someone who performs in a duet
Ancestry of “duettist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | duet | A musical composition in two parts, each... |
| 2 | Italian | duetto | duet; duo; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 4 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 5 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 6 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |
Words derived from “duettist”