Etymology

midtempo

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Today it means: At a medium tempo, neither fast nor slow. Full definition →

English tempo ← Italian tempo ← Latin tempus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*temp-der.?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-der.?
  13. Proto-Italic*tempos
  14. Ancient Greekκαίρῐος (kaírĭos)
  15. Latintempus
  16. Italiantempo
  17. Englishtempo
  18. English todaymidtempo

From mid- + tempo.

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