Where does “rallentamento” come from?

rallentamento (Italian) comes from Italian rallentare, from Italian allentare, from Italian a-, from Italian staccare, from Italian distaccare, from Middle French destacher, from Old French destachier, from Old French des — to give.

rallentamento (Italian): slowing down, slackening (of pace)

Definitions

  1. slowing down, slackening (of pace)

Ancestry of “rallentamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrallentareto slow down, decelerate, reduce the speed,...
2Italianallentareto loosen; to slacken; to relax
3Italiana-ad-; a-
4Italianstaccareto remove, take or take down; to tear out; to...
5Italiandistaccareto separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to...
6Middle Frenchdestacherto detach; to separate
7Old Frenchdestachierto detach; to separate
8Old Frenchdes
9Old Frenchdeof; from
10Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
11Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
12Latindāre
13Proto-Italicdidōgive
14Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
15Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-