Piano etymology

Italian

Italian word piano comes from Proto-Indo-European *pl(e)Hk-, Proto-Indo-European *pelh, and later Latin planum (A plain, level ground.)

Etymology of piano

Detailed word origin of piano

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*pl(e)Hk- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*pelh Proto-Indo-European (ine)
planum Latin (lat) A plain, level ground.
piano Italian (it) Floor, storey (British), story (US) (of a building). Piano (musical instrument). Plan, tactic, stratagem, scheme, plot. Plane Carefully. Slowly Flat, level. Penultimate accented. Plain. Plane. Soft.