Where does “libreto” come from?
libreto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto libro, from French livre, from Middle French livre, from Old French livre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
libreto (Esperanto): a booklet; libretto
Definitions
- a booklet; libretto
Ancestry of “libreto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | libro | a book |
| 2 | French | livre | book; pound; grade |
| 3 | Middle French | livre | book |
| 4 | Old French | livre | book; livre; pound |
| 5 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 7 | French | lober | to lob |
| 8 | French | lob | lob |
| 9 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 10 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 11 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 12 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 13 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 14 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 15 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |