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Italian
Etymology
From tanto + tosto. Compare Catalan tantost and French tantôt.
Pronunciation
Adverb
tantosto
- (obsolete) immediately, right away
- Synonyms: subito, (literary) tosto
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
- ^ tantosto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Further reading
- tantosto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana