tantosto
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tanto + tosto. Compare Catalan tantost and French tantôt.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
tantosto
- (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[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- tantosto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana