Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·italian ·1770s
Crescendo
from crescendo
- Meaning
- Growing — gradual increase in loudness.
- Source word
- crescendo
- Route into English
- Italian musical notation → English figurative use ("rising to a crescendo") with general public by 1900.
- Arrived
- 1770s
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