Etymograph

English

a battuta

A battuta comes from Italian battuta.

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentbattuta
  2. Englishtodaya battuta

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentbattuta
  2. Englishtodaya battuta

Today it means

adj With the beat. A direction to resume strict time after the free declamation of a singer; chiefly used in recitatives. It is equivalent to a tempo.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Italian battuta / a battuta