Etymology

arpeggio

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Today it means: The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest. Full definition →

Italian arpeggio
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The story

  1. Italian · borrowed fromarpeggio
  2. English todayarpeggio

Borrowed from Italian arpeggio, from arpeggiare (“to play a harp”).

Words from the same roots

Italianarpeggio all →

harpejji

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.