passamezzo
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Italian passamezzo. Doublet of passymeasure.
Noun
[edit]passamezzo (plural passamezzos or passamezzi)
- An Italian folk dance of the 16th and early 17th centuries.
Derived terms
[edit]Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of univerbation of pass' + e + mezzo, literally “[one] step and a half”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]passamezzo m (plural passamezzi)
- passamezzo (dance)
Further reading
[edit]- passamezzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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