stampita

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan or Occitan estampida, from estampier, from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌼𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*stampjan), from Proto-Germanic *stampōną, from Proto-Indo-European *stembʰ- (“to trample down”).

Noun

stampita f (plural stampite)

  1. (music) a rhythmic instrumental composition that accompanied a poem (in the 13th and 14th centuries)

Further reading

  • Hughes, Abraham (1960) New Oxford History of Music: Ars Nova and the Renaissance, 1300-1540, page 501
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, volume I, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 668

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