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quattro
Italian · medieval
"four"
four, the root behind a group of four performers
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quartetto
Italian · 1700s
"a group of four musicians"
settled in Italian musical vocabulary for a four-part ensemble
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Stage 3 of 3
quartet
English · 1790s
"a group of four musicians or performers"
adopted into English via French for a group of four performers
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