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barytonos
Greek · ancient
"deep-sounding"
literally deep-sounding, from barys (heavy) and tonos (tone)
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Stage 2 of 3
baritono
Italian · 1500s
"a male voice between tenor and bass"
adopted into Italian musical vocabulary for the male voice between tenor and bass
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baritone
English · 1730s
"a male singing voice between tenor and bass"
settled as the English word for the vocal range
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