Etymology

virtuosic

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Today it means: requiring a high level of technical skill. Full definition →

English virtuoso ← Italian virtuoso ← Late Latin virtuōsu
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
  3. Proto-Italic*wiros
  4. Latinvir
  5. Latinvirtūs
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  8. Late Latinvirtuōsu
  9. Italianvirtuoso
  10. Englishvirtuoso
  11. English todayvirtuosic

From virtuoso + -ic.

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