The story
- Spanish · derived frompasacalle
- Italian · borrowed frompassacaglia
- English todaypassacaglia
Borrowed from Italian passacaglia, from Spanish pasacalle, from pasar (“to pass”) + calle (“street”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
passacaglia
Today it means: A form of historical Spanish or Italian dance characterised by a serious nature, triple meter, and use of a ground bass. Full definition →
Italian passacaglia ← Spanish pasacalle