Etymology

chaconne

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Today it means: A slow, stately Baroque dance. Full definition →

French chaconne ← Spanish chacona ← Basque txukun
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The story

  1. Basque · derived fromtxukun“pretty”
  2. Spanish · derived fromchacona
  3. French · borrowed fromchaconne
  4. English todaychaconne

From French chaconne, from Spanish chacona, likely from Basque txukun (“pretty”).

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