mancando
adjective (or adverb)
man·can·do
(ˈ)män¦kän(ˌ)dō
variants or less commonly mancante
-(ˌ)tā
: dying away —used as a direction in music
Word History
Etymology
mancando from Italian, verbal of mancare to lack, from manco lacking, left-handed, from Medieval Latin mancus lacking in weight, from Latin, having a crippled hand, maimed, infirm, probably from manus hand; mancante from mancare