Where does “virtuose” come from?
virtuose (Latin) comes from Latin virtuosus, from Latin virtus, from Latin vir, from Proto-Italic wiros, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
virtuose (Latin): vocative masculine singular of virtuōsus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of virtuōsus
Ancestry of “virtuose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | virtuosus | good, virtuous |
| 2 | Latin | virtus | manhood, manliness, virility; courage,... |
| 3 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |