Etymology of the English word ritornello
the English word
ritornelloderived from the Italian word
ritornelloderived from the Italian word
ritornoderived from the Italian word
ritornareusing the Dialectal Italian prefix
ri-derived from the Latin prefix
re-derived from the Old Italian word
tornarederived from the Latin word
tornare (turn, make round by turning on a lathe; round off)
derived from the Latin word
tornus (lathe; turner's lathe)
derived from the Greek word
tornos, τόρνος
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*terə-derived from the Provençal word
tornadaderived from the Latin root
*retornareusing the Latin prefix
re-derived from the Latin word
tornare (turn, make round by turning on a lathe; round off)
derived from the Latin word
tornus (lathe; turner's lathe)
derived from the Greek word
tornos, τόρνος
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*terə-Date
The earliest known usage of ritornello in English dates from the 17th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
