Where does “tenuto” come from?
tenuto (English) comes from Italian tenuto, from Italian tenere, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tenuto (English): A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is...
Definitions
- A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is...
Ancestry of “tenuto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | tenuto | past participle of tenere; past participle of... |
| 2 | Italian | tenere | to hold; to keep; to hold up; to sustain |
| 3 | Latin | teneō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |