Where does “serenade” come from?

serenade (Romanian) comes from Romanian serenadă, from French sérénade, from Italian serenata, from Italian serenare, from Latin serēnāre, from Latin serēnus — Clear, fair, bright, serene, tranquil.

serenade (Romanian): plural of serenadă

Definitions

  1. plural of serenadă

Ancestry of “serenade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianserenadăserenade
2Frenchsérénadeserenade; first-person singular present...
3Italianserenataserenade; feminine singular of serenato
4ItalianserenareSynonym of rasserenare; to sleep in the open
5Latinserēnāre—
6LatinserēnusClear, fair, bright, serene, tranquil
Every word from Latin serēnus →Every word from Latin serēnāre →Every word from Italian serenare →