myEtymology.com: English etymology of concertante

Etymology of the English word concertante

the English word concertante

derived from the Italian word concertante

derived from the Old Italian word concertare

derived from the Latin word concertare (fight, engage in a contest, vie with)

derived from the Latin word certare (vie , contest, contend)

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

The earliest known usage of concertante in English dates from the 18th century.