Tempo

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mid 17th century (as a fencing term denoting the timing of an attack): from Italian, from Latin tempus ‘time’.

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Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus(“time”). Doublet of tense.

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tempo (n.)

"relative speed of a piece of music," 1724, from Italian tempo, literally "time" (plural tempi), from Latin tempus "time, season, portion of time" (see temporal). Extended (non-musical) senses by 1898.