Is 'scenario' English, or is it actually Latin?

'Scenario' is a word borrowed from Latin 'scenario'. The word entered the English language some time around 1875.

scenario [noun] [1875]

• an outline or synopsis of a play
• a plot outline used by actors of the commedia dell'arte
• the libretto of an opera
• screenplay

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Etymology: Italian, from Latin 'scaenarium' place for erecting stages, from 'scaena' stage

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