Etymology

concerto

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Today it means: A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra. Full definition →

Italian concerto
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The story

  1. Italian · borrowed fromconcerto
  2. English todayconcerto

Borrowed from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare. Doublet of concert.

Words from the same roots

Italianconcerto all →

concertconcerto grosso

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.