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Where does “allegro” come from?

Allegro comes from Italian allegro, from French allègre, from Latin alacer meaning lively or brisk.

allegro (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 “allegro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianallegrocheerful; mirthful
2Frenchallègrejoyful, happy
3Old Frenchhalaigre—
4Latinalacerlively, brisk, quick, eager, active, peppy,...
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