Where does “lento” come from?

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

lento (French): slowly; lento

Definitions

  1. slowly; lento

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
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