Where does “improviser” come from?
improviser (English) comes from English improvise, from French improviser, from Italian improvvisare, from Italian improvviso, from Latin improvisus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
improviser (English): One who improvises
Definitions
- One who improvises
Ancestry of “improviser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | improvise | To make something up or invent it as one goes on;... |
| 2 | French | improviser | to improvise |
| 3 | Italian | improvvisare | to improvise, to extemporize, to make up, to play... |
| 4 | Italian | improvviso | unexpected, sudden, unforeseen, untimely;... |
| 5 | Latin | improvisus | unforeseen, unexpected; sudden |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |