tantosto
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom tanto + tosto. Compare Catalan tantost and French tantôt.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edittantosto
- (obsolete) immediately, right away
- 13th c., Guittone d'Arezzo, Se de voi, donna gente, collected in Le rime di Guittone d'Arezzo, Bari: Laterza, published 1940, page 4, lines 43–44:
- Tantosto, donna mia,
com eo vo vidi, foi d’amor sorpriso- Immediately, my lady, as soon as I saw you, I was caught by Love
References
editFurther reading
edit- tantosto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana