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Where does “adagio” come from?

Adagio comes from Italian adagio, from Latin adagium, a word formed from the prefix ad- meaning "to" or "toward."

adagio (English): A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be...

Definitions

  1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be...

Ancestry of “adagio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianadagioslowly; adagio; first-person singular present...
2Italianagioease, comfort; luxury, comfort; first-person...
3Old Occitanaizeease
4Latinadiacēns—
5LatinadiaceoI lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent...
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →