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Where does “affrettando” come from?

affrettando (English) comes from Italian affrettando, from Italian affrettare, from Italian fretta, from Italian frettare, from Vulgar Latin frictare, from Latin fricāre, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

affrettando (English): In a rushing or hurrying manner; as if pressing...

Definitions

  1. In a rushing or hurrying manner; as if pressing...

Ancestry of “affrettando”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaffrettandogerund of affrettare; affrettando
2Italianaffrettareto hasten, hurry up, speed up, quicken, rush
3Italianfrettahurry, haste, rush
4Italianfrettareto scrub
5Vulgar Latinfrictare—
6Latinfricāre—
7LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
8Proto-Italic*friāō—
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