diventare Italian · revision 37639

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=early 13th century, Patecchio|origins=la dēveniō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /di.venˈta.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''diventare''' (first-person singular present divènto or divénto, first-person singular past historic diventài, past participle diventàto, auxiliary èssere)^(Wiktionary)

+ Older and regional forms are ''deventare'' and Tuscan ''doventare'', with the vowel rounded before ''v''.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(DEI|1365) The old participle ''divento'' “become” survives in rural Tuscan.^(DEI|1365)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la-vul|*dēventō|alt=*dēventāre]], an intensive or iterative verb formed on [[la|dēveniō|t=to come down, arrive]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(LEI|2, 74)^(REW 1935) The Vulgar Latin verb is not recorded: the LEI reconstructs it from Italian and, from [[rm|dvantar]] and [[m|rm|daventar]] of the Engadine and the Surselva.^(LEI|2, 74)^(REW 1935) DEI sees it as a verb of Italy only, which passed from there into Engadine.^(DEI|1365)

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+ Latin ⟨dēveniō⟩ is formed from [[m|la|dē-|t=down, from]] and [[m|la|veniō|t=to come]],^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*gʷm̥-yé-|t=to come]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in the ''Splanamento'' of Patecchio, from Cremona, in the first decades of the 13th century, in the sense “to come to be (in a certain way) at the end of a change”.^(TLIO) DELI's first record is in Restoro d'Arezzo, 1282.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Old Italian the verb could also mean “to turn out (as a result)” and, impersonally, “to happen”.^(TLIO)^(LEI|2, 74) Dante describes the souls that ''maravigliando diventaro smorte'' “grew pale with wonder”.^(Prati 1951|385)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ''Diventare'' is the everyday verb, and ''divenire'' its more literary synonym.^(GDLI)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) Common phrases are ''diventare rosso'' “to blush”, ''diventare di tutti i colori'' “to go red and pale by turns” and ''diventare matto'' “to go mad, to lose one's head”.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Early 13th century – Patecchio uses the verb.^(TLIO)

+ * 1282 – Restoro d'Arezzo uses ''diventare''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 15th century – The Tuscan form ''doventare'' is recorded.^(DEI|1365)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|become]], to turn into or come to be, with a predicative adjective or noun: ''diventare ricco'', ''diventare medico'', ''Il latte è diventato acido.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Used absolutely, to change in appearance or character: ''Com'è diventata, tua cugina!''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ridiventare]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[divenire]]

+ * [[venire]]

+ * [[la|devenio]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The auxiliary is ''essere''.^(Wiktionary)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}