A pseudo-Italian coinage from French glisser 'to glide' + Italian gerund -ando, invented by musicians who wanted the term to sound Italian.
A continuous slide upward or downward between two musical notes.
A pseudo-Italian word coined from French glisser 'to glide, slide' with an Italian -ando gerund ending. It does not exist in standard Italian, which uses the word glissato. French glisser itself comes from Frankish *glītan 'to glide,' related to English 'glide.' Key roots: *ghleidh- (Proto-Germanic: "to glide, slip").