andamento

[ an-duh-men-toh; Italian ahn-dah-men-taw ]

noun

, Music.

, plural an·da·men·tos, Italian an·da·men·ta [an-d, uh, -tah].

1. an extended fugue subject.
2. an episode in a fugue.

Word History and Origins

Origin of andamento¹

< Italian, equivalent to anda ( re ) to walk ( andante ) + -mento -ment