presto的词源

英文词源

presto

presto: see press

presto (adv.)

1590s, "quickly," used by conjurers, etc., from Italian presto "quick, quickly" in conjuror's patter, from Latin praestus "ready," praesto (adv.) "ready, available," from prae "before" (see pre-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Compare Latin praesto esse "to be at hand, be ready," source of French prêt "ready." As a musical direction, it is a separate borrowing from Italian, first recorded 1683.

中文词源

presto：急板乐章，变（变魔术所说）

来自意大利语presto,快的，迅速的，来自拉丁语praestus,准备好的，来自prae,在前，-st,站，站立，词源同stand.引申诸相关词义。

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