Where does “a battuta” come from?
a battuta (English) comes from Italian battuta, from Italian battere, from Latin battere, from Latin battuere, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ- — to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig.
a battuta (English): With the beat. A direction to resume strict time after the free declamation of a singer; chiefly used in recitatives. It is equivalent to a tempo
Definitions
- With the beat. A direction to resume strict time after the free declamation of a singer; chiefly used in recitatives. It is equivalent to a tempo
Ancestry of “a battuta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | battuta | witty remark, joke; hit, blow; mark left by a hit... |
| 2 | Italian | battere | to beat, patrol, batter, strike or hit; to... |
| 3 | Latin | battere | — |
| 4 | Latin | battuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | to bend, fold |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |