Etymology

portato

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Today it means: In an unconnected manner, as opposed to legato, but not as short as staccato. Full definition →

Italian portato ← Latin portō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromportō
  2. Italian · borrowed fromportato
  3. English todayportato

Borrowed from Italian portato, past participle of portare (“to bring, carry, bear”), from Latin portō.

Words from the same roots

Latinportō all →

purport

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.