Etymology

repertoire

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Today it means: A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display. Full definition →

French répertoire ← Middle French repertoire ← Late Latin repertōrium
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromrepertōrium“an inventory, list, repertory”
  2. Middle French · derived fromrepertoire
  3. French · borrowed fromrépertoire
  4. English todayrepertoire

Borrowed from French répertoire, from Middle French repertoire, from Late Latin repertōrium (“an inventory, list, repertory”). Doublet of repertory.

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.