noun
Origin: It < appoggiare, to rest, lean < VL appodiare, to support < L ad-, to + *podiare, to support < podium, podium
See appoggiatura in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Italian
Origin: , from appoggiato
Origin: , past participle of appoggiare, to lean on
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *appodiāre
Origin: : Latin ad-, ad-
Origin: + Latin podium, support (from Greek podion, base, from pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots)
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