pianoforte的词源

英文词源

pianoforte (n.)

1767, from Italian, from piano e forte "soft and loud," in full, gravicembalo col piano e forte "harpsichord with soft and loud" (c. 1710), said to have been so named by inventor Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) of Padua because the ability via dampers to vary the tone is one of the main changes from the harpsichord. Italian piano (adj.) ultimately is from Latin planus "flat, smooth, even," later "soft" (see plane (n.1)).

中文词源

pianoforte：钢琴

来自意大利语piano e forte,刚柔并济，来自piano,平的，柔的，词源同plan,forte,强的，大声的。用以命名18世纪初发明的钢琴。

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