Etymology

violinistic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining or proper to a violinist. Full definition →

English violinist ← 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. Englishviolinist
  7. English todayviolinistic

From violinist + -ic.

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