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Coda

2 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means a concluding section of a piece of music, or the final part of an event
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Stage 1 of 2
coda
Italian · 1700s
"a tail"
literally tail, the concluding passage of a musical piece
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Stage 2 of 2
coda
English · 1770s
"a concluding section or event"
adopted directly for a concluding section, musical or otherwise
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