myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of concerto

Etymology of the Italian word concerto

the Italian word concerto

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)

English concerto, French concert, French concerto

Dutch concert, English concert, French concert, German Konzert, Icelandic konsert, Lithuanian koncertas, Norwegian konsert, Polish koncert, Russian концepт, Spanish concierto, Swedish konsert