Etymograph

English

stagione

Stagione comes from Italian stagione ‘season’, from Latin statio ‘outpost, picket’, and ultimately from stō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstō1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatio2as statiōnem‘outpost, picket’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentstagione3‘season’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2008stagione3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin statio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Italian stagione
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English stagione
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2008, Anthony Tommasini, In Charting Its Future, City Opera Chooses an Adventurous Pa: “Again, for New York to have a stagione house…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstōWiktionary, Latin statio
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatioWiktionary, Italian stagioneas statiōnem‘outpost, picket’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentstagioneWiktionary, English stagione‘season’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2008stagioneWiktionary, English stagione. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2008, Anthony Tommasini, In Charting Its Future, City Opera Chooses an Adventurous Pa: “Again, for New York to have a stagione house…”

Linked words

through Latin stō

rest, distance, stage, instance, instant, substance, distant, extant, stationary, distal, oust, obstetric, 23 more

through Latin statio ‘outpost, picket’

station, 1 more

Today it means

noun A system for presenting opera, whereby each production is cast separately and has a brief but intensive run of performances.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stagione”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin statio, Italian stagione. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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