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      obbligato
      noun
      a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission
      a persistent but subordinate motif
      Roots
      obob- · Latin · toward, againstligareblig- · Latin · to bindatus-ato · Italian · past participle (bound)
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      The word obbligato breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and Italian origin: ob-, from Latin ob (“toward, against”); blig, from Latin ligare (“to bind”); and -ato, from Italian atus (“past participle (bound)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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