pianoforte

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1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
2. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
3. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
4. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nós
5. Proto-Italic*plānos
6. Latinplānus
7. Italianpiano
8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerǵʰ-
9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰer-?
10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰerǵʰ-
11. Proto-Italic*forktis
12. Old Latinforctis
13. Latinfortis
14. Italianforte
15. Italianpianoforte
16. English todaypianoforte

Borrowed from Italian pianoforte.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 1767 A piano.