English
lento
Lento comes from Italian lento ‘slow’, and goes back to Latin lentus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElentus‘slow, sluggish’
- Italianc. 1300–presentlento‘slow’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElentus‘slow, sluggish’
- Italianc. 1300–presentlento‘slow’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lentos ‘soft, smooth, pliant’
through Latin lentus ‘slow, sluggish’
Today it means
adj Slow (45–60 bpm).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lentus / lento