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Forte

2 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means played loudly in music, or a thing at which a person excels
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Stage 1 of 2
forte
Italian · 1600s
"strong, loud"
literally strong, loud, adopted as a musical dynamic marking
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Stage 2 of 2
forte
English · 1700s
"loud, or a person's strong point"
adopted for loud musical passages, and separately for a personal strength
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