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Solo

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a performance done alone, without accompaniment or partners
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Stage 1 of 3
solus
Latin · ancient
"alone"
meaning "alone"
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Stage 2 of 3
solo
Italian · 1600s
"performed alone"
applied to a piece performed by a single musician
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Stage 3 of 3
solo
English · 1600s-1700s
"a performance by a single person"
adopted directly from Italian
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