Where does “librettist” come from?
librettist (English) comes from English libretto, from Italian libretto, from Italian libro, from Italian dì, from Italian circolazione, from Latin circulatio, from Latin circulor, from Latin circulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
librettist (English): The person who writes a libretto
Definitions
- The person who writes a libretto
Ancestry of “librettist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | libretto | The text of a dramatic musical work, such as an... |
| 2 | Italian | libretto | booklet |
| 3 | Italian | libro | book; phloem; foliage; omasum |
| 4 | Italian | dì | day; daytime; second-person singular imperative... |
| 5 | Italian | circolazione | traffic |
| 6 | Latin | circulatio | revolution (circular course), circulation |
| 7 | Latin | circulor | first-person singular present passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | circulus | circle; An orbit; A ring, hoop |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |