Etymology

partitur

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Today it means: A full score, conductor's score (with a separate line for every part). Full definition →

German Partitur ← Italian partitura ← Latin partito
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  1. Latin · derived frompartito
  2. Italian · derived frompartitura“partition, musical score”
  3. German · derived fromPartitur
  4. English todaypartitur

From German Partitur, from Italian partitura (“partition, musical score”) , from Latin partito, from partīre (“divide, partition, share”) (Classical Latin partīrī) and -ura.

Words from the same roots

Italianpartitura all →

partiture

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