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balletto
Italian · 1500s
"a little dance"
a diminutive of "ballo" (a dance), developed in Renaissance Italian courts
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ballet
French · 1600s
"a formal, choreographed dance"
refined into a formal art form at the French royal court
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ballet
English · 1600s-1700s
"a formal, classical dance form"
adopted directly from French
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