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[toccata 词源字典] - toccata: see touch
[toccata etymology, toccata origin, 英语词源] - toccata (n.)
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- 1724, from Italian toccata, from toccare "to touch," from Vulgar Latin *toccare (see touch (v.)). "A composition for a keyboard instrument, intended to exhibit the touch and technique of the performer, and having the air of an improvisation" [OED].