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Where does “morendo” come from?

morendo (English) comes from Italian morendo, from Italian morire, from Latin morior, from Proto-Italic *moriōr.

morendo (English): Fading away in tone or tempo

Definitions

  1. Fading away in tone or tempo

Ancestry of “morendo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmorendo"gerund of morire"; dying
2Italianmoriredeath; to die
3LatinmoriorI die; I decay, wither
4Proto-Italic*moriōr—
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