Etymology

presto

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Today it means: Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very quick tempo. Full definition →

Italian presto
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  1. Italian · borrowed frompresto“quickly”
  2. English todaypresto

From Italian presto (“quickly”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.