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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