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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1300–1313, Dante|origins=la veniō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''venuta''' ''f'' (plural venute)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|it|venire|-uta|t1=to come]], as the feminine past participle used as a noun.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Devoto 1968) The verb continues [[la|veniō|t=to come]].^(DELI 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI dates the noun, “the act of coming”, to Dante (1300–1313), and Zingarelli to before 1250.^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010) The GDLI quotes it from Giacomo da Lentini, who hopes “che la mia venuta / dea placire” (that my coming may give pleasure).^(GDLI|21, 758) In the ''Inferno'' Dante fears “che la venuta non sia folle” (that the journey may be folly), and in the ''Purgatorio'' he writes “Or ti piaccia gradir la sua venuta” (now may it please you to welcome his coming).^(Treccani 2011)^(GDLI|21, 758)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word also names the coming of Christ, his incarnation, and the ''seconda venuta'' at the end of time.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(Gabrielli 2020) ''Prima'' or ''dopo la venuta di Cristo'' means before or after the incarnation.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) In the 16th century it was also a military word for a road leading up to a fortress.^(DEI|4015)^(Zingarelli 2010) GRADIT records technical senses: a sudden inflow of water into a tunnel or mine from a pocket in the rock, and the import of goods or the duty paid on it.^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1250 – Zingarelli's date for the first record.^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * 1300–1313 – Dante uses ''venuta'' for “coming”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 16th century – Segni uses it for an access road.^(DEI|4015)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|arrival]], coming: ''Tutti aspettavano la venuta del vescovo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''la venuta di Cristo'': the incarnation of Christ.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # ''(uncommon)'' The coming of a period of time.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(mining)'' A sudden [[m|en|inflow]] of water into a tunnel.^(GRADIT 2003)

+ # ''(obsolete)'' The import of goods, or the duty paid on it.^(GRADIT 2003)

+ # ''(obsolete, military)'' An access road to a fortress.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[venire]]

+ * [[venuto]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Venuta al mondo'' means “birth”.^(Devoto–Oli 2026) ''Venuta'' is also the feminine of the noun ''venuto'' “one who has come”, as in ''una nuova venuta''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) DEI gives the military sense “access road” a numbered entry of its own, comparing Piedmontese ''vnüa'' and French ''avenue''.^(DEI|4015)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}