Etymology

violinist

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Today it means: A person who plays the violin. Full definition →

English violin ← Italian violino ← Old Occitan violabor.?
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The story

  1. Medieval Latin*vitula
  2. Old Occitanviolabor.?
  3. Italianviola
  4. Italianviolino
  5. Englishviolin
  6. English todayviolinist

From violin + -ist.

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