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Studio

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a room or building used by an artist, or for recording and broadcasting
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Stage 1 of 3
studium
Latin · ancient
"study, zeal"
meaning "study" or "zeal"
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studio
Italian · medieval
"an artist's workroom"
came to mean an artist's workroom
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studio
English · 1800s
"a room where an artist or performer works"
adopted directly from Italian
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