Etymograph

English

saltando

Saltando comes from Italian saltando ‘gerund of saltare’, from saltare ‘to jump’, and ultimately from Latin saliō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaliō1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaltō2as saltāre
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentsaltare3‘to jump’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentsaltando3‘gerund of saltare’gerund of saltare
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1968saltando3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin salto
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Italian saltare
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English saltando
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1968, Richard D. Worthing: “Mark the following excerpt to be played saltando.”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaliōWiktionary, Latin salto
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaltōWiktionary, Italian saltareas saltāre
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentsaltareWiktionary, English saltando‘to jump’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentsaltandoWiktionary, English saltando‘gerund of saltare’gerund of saltare
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1968saltandoWiktionary, English saltando. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1968, Richard D. Worthing: “Mark the following excerpt to be played saltando.”

Linked words

through Latin saliō

result, sauce, salad, salmon, resilience, sally, resilient, salient, resiliency, salacious, salience, salto, 25 more

through Latin saltō

exultant, 8 more

Today it means

adv Played with a rapid, bouncing stroke of the bow on a stringed instrument.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “saltando”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin salto, Italian saltare. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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