English
ma non troppo
Ma non troppo comes from Italian ma non troppo.
- Italianc. 1300–presentma non troppo
- Englishearliest quotation 1992same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentma non troppo
- Englishearliest quotation 1992same form
Earliest quotation: 1992, Albert R. Rice, The Baroque Clarinet: “The opening section is clearly written in the French…”
Every English word from Italian ma non troppo
Today it means
phrase But not too much.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian ma non troppo / ma non troppo