Etymology

divertimento

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Today it means: composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century. Full definition →

Latin dīvertere
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  1. Latin · derived fromdīvertere
  2. English todaydivertimento

Borrowed from Italian, from divertire (“to amuse, to entertain”), from Latin dīvertere.

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