Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody. · A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part. · An alto saxophone.
Borrowed from Italian alto (“high”). Doublet of old.
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- Root classification mention*h₂el- (grow)ine-pro
- Borrowed-form mentionaltoit
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