Where does “lento” come from?

lento (English) comes from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra — ing, -ure, -work.

lento (English): Very slow; Very slowly; A tempo mark directing...

Definitions

  1. Very slow; Very slowly; A tempo mark directing...

Ancestry of “lento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlentoslow
2Spanishlentoslow
3Galician-ura-ness
4Latin-uraSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives
5Latin-tūraing, -ure, -work
Every word from Latin -tūra →