English
divertimento
Divertimento comes from Latin divertō ‘to divert or turn away’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdivertōas dīvertere‘to divert or turn away’
- Englishtodaydivertimento
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdivertōas dīvertere‘to divert or turn away’
- Englishtodaydivertimento
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, invert, deride, wurst, derisive, extraversion, 56 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, inverse, transverse, inversion, aversion, perverse, averse, perversion, introvert, vertebra, reversion, evert, vertiginous, 39 more
through Latin vertō ‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to…’
university, version, conversation, divorce, versus, verse, vertical, vortex, versatile, adversity, advertisement, convertible, advert, revert, pervert, vertex, avert, vertigo, vertebrate, subvert, vert, verso, perversity, 51 more
through Latin divertō ‘to divert or turn away’
Today it means
noun composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / divertimento