Where does “opereto” come from?
opereto (Ido) comes from Ido opero, from French opéra, from Italian opera, from Latin opera, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós — to follow; to see; to say.
opereto (Ido): operetta, light opera
Definitions
- operetta, light opera
Ancestry of “opereto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | opero | opera |
| 2 | French | opéra | opera; third-person singular past historic of... |
| 3 | Italian | opera | work; means, help, services; opus |
| 4 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 5 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |