1690s, obsolete nativized form of Italian scenario (see scenario).
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scenario n.
1868, "sketch of the plot of a dramatic work," from Italian scenario, from Late Latin scenarius "of stage scenes," from Latin scena "scene" (see scene); earlier in nativized form scenary (1690s). The meaning "imagined situation" is recorded by 1960, in reference to hypothetical nuclear wars.
scenery n.
"decoration of a theater stage, disposition and succession of scenes in a play," 1770 (in a figurative sense), earlier scenary; see scene + -ery. Meaning "a landscape or view, general appearance of a place considered as a pictorial scene" is from 1777.