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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1252–1258, Storie de Troia et de Roma (Roman)}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /anˈda.ta/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''andata''' ''f'' (plural andate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|it|andare|-ata]]: the feminine past participle of the verb, used as a noun.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary) The LEI treats [[andare]] and its derivatives under [[la|ambulō|t=to walk]], and stresses how hard the etymology of the Romance verbs of going is.^(LEI|2, 596) A Medieval Latin form is recorded at Parma in 1266, earlier than the first Tuscan record.^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in the ''Storie de Troia et de Roma'', a Roman text of 1252–1258, in the sense “the act of going”.^(TLIO) DELI dates the Tuscan word to Brunetto Latini, before 1294, the date GRADIT gives.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Old Italian ''andata'' was also a journey with a purpose, a mission or embassy, the route taken, access to a place, and a person's gait, the sense now taken by ''andatura''; the phrase ''a lunga andata'' meant the same as ''a lungo andare'', “in the long run”.^(TLIO) Dante's Virgil speaks of Aeneas' descent to the underworld: “Per questa andata, onde li dai tu vanto” (through this journey, for which you praise him).^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(GDLI|1, 458) Ariosto uses it for a departure.^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ Since the old language the word has been set against ''ritorno'', “return”.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Modern Italian uses it for the outward half of a journey, as in ''biglietto di sola andata'' and ''andata e ritorno'', and in sport for the first round or first leg of a competition, the ''girone di andata''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1252–1258 – The Roman ''Storie de Troia et de Roma'' use ''andata''.^(TLIO)

+ * 1266 – A Medieval Latin form is recorded at Parma.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1294 – Brunetto Latini uses the Tuscan word.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of going somewhere; the [[m|en|outward]] journey, as opposed to the return: ''All'andata abbiamo preso il treno delle sei.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(literary)'' A journey, a way.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(sports)'' The first round of a championship or the first leg of a tie: ''partita di andata'', ''girone di andata''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[andare]]

+ * [[andatura]]

+ * [[andato]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Andata e ritorno'' is a return ticket or journey, ''sola andata'' a single.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}