Etymology

sotto voce

Today it means: In soft tones; quiet. Full definition →

Italian sottovoce
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromsottovoce
  2. English todaysotto voce

Borrowed from Italian sottovoce (literally “under [the] voice”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.