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Virtuoso

2 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means a person highly skilled in a particular art, especially music
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virtuoso
Italian · 1600s
"skilled, virtuous"
literally virtuous, skilled, applied to a highly accomplished performer
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virtuoso
English · 1660s
"a highly skilled performer, especially a musician"
settled as the English word for a highly skilled performer
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