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Where does “legato” come from?

legato (Italian) comes from Latin lēgātus, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

legato (Italian): awkward, stiff; linked, connected, tied; close,...

Definitions

  1. awkward, stiff; linked, connected, tied; close,...

Ancestry of “legato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlēgātus—
2Latinlegō—
3Latinlēx—
4Proto-Italiclēg-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “legato”

  • legato
  • prolegato
  • legate
  • legata
  • レガート
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