evento

Forms

evento m (plural eventos)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Latin ēventus (“occurrence, outcome, result”), a learned word.^[2][3][4][1] The Latin noun is formed from ēveniō (“to happen, come out”).^[2][1]

The same Latin word was borrowed as Spanish evento, Italian evento and Catalan event.^[5][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Cunha dates the first record to the 16th century, Houaiss to 1660.^[3][2] Bluteau (1712–1728) quotes the Epanáforas of D. Francisco Manuel for alguns felices Eventos “some happy events”, in the sense of outcome or success.^[6]

Semantic evolution

Morais (1789) defines it as successo and êxito, outcome.^[7] He quotes the same felices eventos.^[7] Vieira (1871–1874) adds “happening” and quotes Francisco Manuel do Nascimento's eventos desastrosos.^[8]

In Brazil the word took the sense of an organised occasion, such as a party, show or ceremony, with institutional or promotional aims.^[2][9] The sciences use it for a point in space-time, for an outcome in probability and, in computing, for an action triggered by a condition.^[2][1] The DLP and Porto Editora also record a zoological sense, the spiracle of selachian fish or the blowhole of whales.^[10][11]

Timeline

• 16th century – Cunha's century for the first record.^[3]
• 1660 – Houaiss's first date.^[2]
• 1712–1728 – Bluteau defines it as Successo.^[6]
• 1789 – Morais gives successo, êxito.^[7]
• 1813 – first record of the derivative eventual.^[3]
• 1844 – first record of eventualidade.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. An event, occurrence, something that happens.^[2][9][1]
2. (chiefly Brazil) An organised occasion: a party, show, exhibition or ceremony.^[2][9]
3. An unforeseen happening, an eventuality (eventualidade).^[2][10]
4. (physics) A point in four-dimensional space-time.^[2][1]
5. (statistics) The occurrence of one possible outcome of a random phenomenon.^[2][9]
6. (computing) An action triggered when a set condition is met.^[1]
7. (zoology) The spiracle of selachian fish; the blowhole of cetaceans.^[10][11]

Word family

• eventual
• eventualidade
• megaevento

Related words

• advento
• Latin ēventus

References

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Houaiss, Antônio; Villar, Mauro de Salles (2001), Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, p. s.v. evento
3. ^ a b c d e Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2010), Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, 4th ed., Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon, p. s.v. evento
4. ^ Nascentes, Antenor (1966), Dicionário etimológico resumido, Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional do Livro, p. s.v. evento
5. ^ Real Academia Española; Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (2014–), Diccionario de la lengua española, 23rd ed., online version 23.8, https://dle.rae.es, p. s.v. evento
6. ^ a b Bluteau, Raphael (1712–1728), Vocabulario portuguez e latino, 8 vols. + 2 supplement vols., Coimbra / Lisboa (CLP transcription, Universidade de Aveiro), p. s.v. evento
7. ^ a b c Silva, António de Morais (1789), Diccionario da lingua portugueza composto pelo padre D. Rafael Bluteau, reformado, e accrescentado, 2 vols., Lisboa: Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, p. 1, 76
8. ^ Vieira, Frei Domingos (1871–1874), Grande Diccionario Portuguez ou Thesouro da lingua portugueza, 5 vols., Porto: Ernesto Chardron e Bartholomeu H. de Moraes, p. 3, 481
9. ^ a b c d Ferreira, Aurélio Buarque de Holanda, Novo dicionário Aurélio da língua portuguesa, digital edition, p. s.v. evento
10. ^ a b c Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, revised online edition (2023–) of the Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa Contemporânea (2001), https://dicionario.acad-ciencias.pt, p. s.v. evento
11. ^ a b Porto Editora (2013), Grande Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, Porto: Porto Editora, p. 4055