aria (musical piece for a single voice, endowed with its own unity despite belonging to a larger composition) · aria (piece composed for one voice with accompaniment by one or more instruments or an orchestra) · aria (orchestral movement or instrumental piece of cantabile expression)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āera Italian ariabor. Polish aria Borrowed from Italian aria.
köken: From Swedish aria, from Italian aria (“air, song”), from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). In use since the late 19th century, for instance attested in Agathon Meurman: Sanakirja yleiseen siwistykseen kuuluwia tietoja warten ("Dictionary for Information within Common Knowledge", 1883-1890).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr, “air”).