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Libretto

2 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means the text of an opera or other extended musical work
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Stage 1 of 2
libretto
Italian · 1700s
"a little book"
literally a little book, from libro (book), the text of an opera
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Stage 2 of 2
libretto
English · 1730s
"the text of an opera or musical"
adopted directly for the written text of an opera
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