Where does “andante” come from?

andante (Italian) comes from Italian andare, from Latin vado, from Proto-Italic wāðō, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- — to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse.

andante (Italian): going, walking; current; continuous, unbroken

Definitions

  1. going, walking; current; continuous, unbroken

Ancestry of “andante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianandareto go
2LatinvadoI go, walk, rush; I ford, wade through
3Proto-Italicwāðōadvance, proceed, go
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse

Words derived from “andante”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- →