Etymology

ricercar

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Today it means: An instrumental musical composition, fugal in style but in a more serious character and with longer notes. Full definition →

Italian ricercare ← Latin re- ← Proto-Italic *wre-
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  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Italianri-
  4. Italiancercare
  5. Italianricercare
  6. English todayricercar

Borrowed from Italian ricercare.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.