What are the origins of the word disco?

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What are the origins of the word disco?

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The word is an abbreviation of the French "discotetheque".

http://books.google.ca/books?id=aFsHNjMLhEkC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=word+disco&source=web&ots=M3lX-nXG55&sig=nqPRDpDD3Hb-iLdZgPKJpCOX8Qw&hl=en

The term disco was first used in print in an article by Vince Aletti in the September 13, 1973 edition of Rolling Stone Magazine titled "Discotheque Rock '72: Paaaaarty!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco

Mar 07 2008, 5:10 AM

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Discotheque -- Borrowed 1954 from Fr. discothèque "nightclub with recorded music for dancing," also "record library," borrowed 1932 from It. discoteca "record collection, record library," coined 1927 from disco "phonograph record" + -teca "collection," probably on model of biblioteca "library."

Disco -- 1964, Amer.Eng. shortening of discotheque; sense extended 1975 to the kind of music played there.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=discotheque&searchmode=none