ariose

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂ews-“dawn; east”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromᾱ̓ήρ“air; wind”
3. Italian · derived fromarioso“airy, breezy”
4. English todayariose

From Italian arioso (“airy, breezy”) (from aria (“air; aria, song”) (from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr, “air; wind”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”)) + -oso); By surface analysis, aria + -ose.

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