larghetto

noun

(music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio

adjective

(of tempo) less slow and broad than largo

Roots

larguslargh- · Italian · broad, slow etto-etto · Italian · diminutive

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The word larghetto breaks down into 2 roots of Italian origin: largh, from Italian largus (“broad, slow”); and -etto, from Italian etto (“diminutive”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.