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
- A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be...
Ancestry of “adagio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | adagio | slowly; adagio; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | agio | ease, comfort; luxury, comfort; first-person... |
| 3 | Old Occitan | aize | ease |
| 4 | Latin | adiacēns | adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring |
| 5 | Latin | adiaceo | I lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent... |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |