Etymology

etude

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Today it means: A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill. Full definition →

French étude ← Latin studium
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromstudium
  2. French · borrowed frométude“study”
  3. English todayetude

From around the year 1837, borrowed from French étude (“study”) from Latin studium. Doublet of studio and study.

Words from the same roots

Latinstudium all →

studystudio

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.