Etymology

rondo

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Today it means: A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains. Full definition →

Italian rondò ← French rondeau
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The story

  1. French · derived fromrondeau
  2. Italian · borrowed fromrondò
  3. English todayrondo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian rondò, itself an unadapted borrowing of French rondeau. Doublet of rondeau; see there for further etymology.

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