Etymology

saltarello

sal·ta·rel·lo
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Today it means: A lively medieval Italian dance with a leaping step. Full definition →

Italian saltarello
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromsaltarello
  2. English todaysaltarello

Unadapted borrowing from Italian saltarello, from saltare (“to jump, to leap”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.