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