Where does “andante” come from?
andante (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese andante, from Old Portuguese andar, from Vulgar Latin and(i)tare, from Latin ambitare, from Latin adito, from Latin adeō, from Interlingua deo, from French Dieu — to be bright; sky, heaven.
andante (Portuguese): who roams, wanders; roamer; andante
Definitions
- who roams, wanders; roamer; andante
Ancestry of “andante”, step by step
andante traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese andante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | andante | — |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | andar | to walk |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | and(i)tare | to go |
| 4 | Latin | ambitare | present active infinitive of *ambitō;... |
| 5 | Latin | adito | I go to or approach often; second-person singular... |
| 6 | Latin | adeō | so, thus, so much |
| 7 | Interlingua | deo | a god, deity |
| 8 | French | Dieu | God; to God |
| 9 | Middle French | Dieu | God Christian deity |
| 10 | Old French | deü | Alternative form of deu |
| 11 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 12 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 13 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |