Where does “jazz” come from?

jazz (Romanian) comes from French jazz, from English Jazz, from English Jaz — or any of its variant spellings.

jazz (Romanian): jazz music style

Definitions

  1. jazz music style

Ancestry of “jazz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjazzjazz music style
2EnglishJazzA musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation
3EnglishJazor any of its variant spellings

Words derived from “jazz”

Every word from English Jaz →Every word from English Jazz →Every word from French jazz →