Where does “libretto” come from?
libretto (Italian) comes from Italian libro, from Italian dì, from Italian circolazione, from Latin circulatio, from Latin circulor, from Latin circulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
libretto (Italian): booklet
Ancestry of “libretto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | libro | book; phloem; foliage; omasum |
| 2 | Italian | dì | day; daytime; second-person singular imperative... |
| 3 | Italian | circolazione | — |
| 4 | Latin | circulatio | revolution , circulation |
| 5 | Latin | circulor | first-person singular present passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | circulus | circle; An orbit; A ring, hoop |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “libretto”