gran tempo

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “big time”. Compare French longtemps.

Adverb

gran tempo

1. (archaic) for a long time
   • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “I — Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 9–10; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:

     Ma ben veggio or sì come al popol tutto / favola fui gran tempo, […]

     But I now see clearly how to everyone I've been gossipped about for a long time.