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That language is Italian, still the language for most What_language_is_pianoterms.
What we know as a piano was once called a piano-forte which is Italian for
soft-loud.
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∙ 13y ago"Piano" is from both French and Italian. It is a shortened form of "pianoforte." Please see the related link below.
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∙ 14y agoItalian - it means "quiet" or perhaps "soft" as opposed to forte, which means "loud" - hence the full name of the instrument, pianoforte, because it can do both.
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∙ 14y agoItalian. Piano-forte is the original name of the instrument, "piano" meaning soft and "forte" meaning loud, hence a keyboard instrument that can play both volume levels and shades inbetween.
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