Where does “mezzolike” come from?
mezzolike (English) comes from English mezzo, from English mezzo-soprano, from Italian mezzosoprano, from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin superanus, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri.
mezzolike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a mezzo part in...
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a mezzo part in...
Ancestry of “mezzolike”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mezzo | mezzo-soprano |
| 2 | English | mezzo-soprano | A voice or voice part intermediate in compass... |
| 3 | Italian | mezzosoprano | mezzo-soprano |
| 4 | Italian | soprano | a singer, commonly a woman, with a register... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | superanus | — |
| 6 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 7 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |