Where does “librettist” come from?
librettist (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Italian librettista, from Italian libretto, from Italian libro, from Italian dì, from Italian circolazione, from Latin circulatio, from Latin circulor, from Latin circulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
librettist (Norwegian Nynorsk): a librettist
Definitions
- a librettist
Ancestry of “librettist”, step by step
librettist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian librettista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | librettista | librettist |
| 2 | Italian | libretto | booklet |
| 3 | Italian | libro | book; phloem; foliage; omasum |
| 4 | Italian | dì | day; daytime; second-person singular imperative... |
| 5 | Italian | circolazione | traffic |
| 6 | Latin | circulatio | revolution (circular course), circulation |
| 7 | Latin | circulor | first-person singular present passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | circulus | circle; An orbit; A ring, hoop |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via French librettiste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | librettiste | librettist |