English
al niente
Al niente comes from Italian al niente.
- Italianc. 1300–presental niente
- Englishearliest quotation 1970same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presental niente
- Englishearliest quotation 1970same form
Earliest quotation: 1970, English Church Music: “I would, anyhow, put my money on Nunc Dimittis…”
Every English word from Italian al niente
Today it means
adv Indicating in music notation that the dynamics fade to nothing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian al niente / al niente