Where does “acappellakor” come from?
acappellakor (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål a cappella, from Italian a cappella, from Italian cappella, from Latin cappella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
acappellakor (Norwegian Bokmål): an a cappella choir
Definitions
- an a cappella choir
Ancestry of “acappellakor”, step by step
acappellakor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål a cappella
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | a cappella | a cappella in a manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment |
| 2 | Italian | a cappella | a cappella |
| 3 | Italian | cappella | A chapel; A choir and accompanying musicians... |
| 4 | Latin | cappella | chapel; choir |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Norwegian Bokmål kor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kor | choir singing group |
| 2 | Old Norse | kórr | — |
| 3 | Latin | chorus | chorus (all forms); a performance with dancing and singing; a troop or band of dancers and singers; performers |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χορός | dance ring, round dance; dance accompanied by... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |