Where does “oratorio” come from?
Oratorio comes from Italian oratorio, from Latin oratorius, orare, and oro, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃éh₁os, meaning mouth or speech.
oratorio (English): A musical composition, often based on a religious...
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- A musical composition, often based on a religious...
Ancestry of “oratorio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | oratorio | oratorical; solemn; oratory |
| 2 | Latin | ōrātōrius | — |
| 3 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |