Etymology

orchestral

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Today it means: Relating to an orchestra or to music played by an orchestra. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English orchestra ← Latin orchēstra
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai)
  2. Ancient Greekὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra)
  3. Latinorchēstra
  4. Englishorchestra
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. English todayorchestral

From orchestra + -al.

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