probabilmente Italian · revision 37812

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=first half of the 14th century, Guido delle Colonne volgarizzato|origins=la probō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /pro.ba.bilˈmen.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|it|probabile|-mente]], the adjective “probable” with the adverb suffix.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)^(Treccani 2011) The adjective is a learned word, [[bor|la|probābilis|t=worthy of approval; plausible]], from [[m|la|probō|t=to test; to prove]], recorded in Bono Giamboni before 1292.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) It has the same form in [[fr|probable]] and [[es|probable]].^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is the Tuscan translation of Guido delle Colonne's history of Troy, in the first half of the 14th century, where the adverb means “with good reason, plausibly”.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|14, 419)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the old texts the adverb often meant “on reasonable but uncertain grounds”, as when the commentator on Dante called the place of Purgatory a matter one could judge only ''probabilmente'' and by the sayings of the saints.^(GDLI|14, 419)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Tommaseo also gives the sense “in a way that can be shown or approved”, now obsolete.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Today it is the common adverb for “probably”, said of what one thinks will happen or has happened, on good grounds but without certainty.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) The superlative ''probabilissimamente'' is recorded.^(GDLI|14, 419)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1292 – Bono Giamboni uses ''probabile'' “credible”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * First half of the 14th century – ''probabilmente'' in the Guido delle Colonne translation.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1540 – Francesco Guicciardini uses ''probabilità''.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|probably]], very likely, with good grounds but without certainty: ''Probabilmente domani nevicherà in montagna.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # Perhaps, possibly, in answers: ''«Verrà anche lui?» «Probabilmente.»''^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[probabile]]

+ * [[probabilità]]

+ * [[provare]]

+ * [[la|probābilis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}