Where does “andante” come from?
andante (Tagalog) comes from Spanish andante, from Spanish 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 (Tagalog): andante
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Ancestry of “andante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | andante | walking, who roams, who wanders, errant; roamer;... |
| 2 | Spanish | andar | to walk, to go; to amble, to travel; to ride |
| 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 |