prestoyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[presto 词源字典]
presto: see press
[presto etymology, presto origin, 英语词源]
presto (adv.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1590s, "quickly," used by conjurers, etc., from Italian presto "quick, quickly" in conjuror's patter, from Latin praestus "ready," praesto (adv.) "ready, available," from prae "before" (see pre-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Compare Latin praesto esse "to be at hand, be ready," source of French prêt "ready." As a musical direction, it is a separate borrowing from Italian, first recorded 1683.