Where does “staccato” come from?
Staccato comes from Italian staccato, the past participle of staccare, from distaccare, via Middle French destacher and Old French destachier, ultimately from Latin dis- and ex-.
staccato (English): An articulation marking directing that a note or...
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- An articulation marking directing that a note or...
Ancestry of “staccato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | staccato | past participle of staccare; past participle of... |
| 2 | Italian | staccare | to remove, take or take down; to tear out; to... |
| 3 | Italian | distaccare | to separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to... |
| 4 | Middle French | destacher | to detach; to separate |
| 5 | Old French | destachier | to detach; to separate |
| 6 | Old French | des | — |
| 7 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 8 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 9 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 10 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |