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Ensemble

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a group of musicians, performers, or items considered as a unified whole
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Stage 1 of 3
insimul
Latin · ancient
"at the same time, together"
literally at the same time, together
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Stage 2 of 3
ensemble
French · medieval
"together, as a unified whole"
carried into French for things or people acting together
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Stage 3 of 3
ensemble
English · 1700s
"a group of performers or things working together as a whole"
settled as the word for a group performing or working together
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