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Andante

2 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means a moderately slow musical tempo, at a walking pace
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Stage 1 of 2
andante
Italian · 1700s
"walking, going"
literally walking, from andare (to go), describing a moderate walking pace
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Stage 2 of 2
andante
English · 1740s
"a moderately slow musical tempo"
adopted directly as a musical tempo marking
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