Where does “virtuoso” come from?
virtuoso (Italian) comes from Latin virtuōsus, from Latin virtūs, from English virtue, from Middle English vertu, from Anglo-Norman vertu, from Latin virtutem, from Latin virtus, from Latin vir — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
virtuoso (Italian): virtuous; skilful; upright
Definitions
- virtuous; skilful; upright
Ancestry of “virtuoso”, step by step
virtuoso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin virtuōsus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | virtuōsus | good, virtuous |
| 2 | Latin | virtūs | manhood, manliness, virility |
| 3 | English | virtue | Accordance with moral principles; conformity of... |
| 4 | Middle English | vertu | An ability, specialty, or feature; Power,... |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | vertu | valour; honour; goodness; virtue |
| 6 | Latin | virtutem | accusative singular of virtūs; virtue |
| 7 | Latin | virtus | manhood, manliness, virility; courage,... |
| 8 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
via Late Latin virtuosus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | virtuosus | virtuous; good, virtuous |