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