ovviamente Italian · revision 38071

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ov.vjaˈmen.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ovviamente'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|it|ovvio|-mente]], from the adjective “obvious” with the adverb suffix.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)^(Wikizionario)^(Treccani 2011) [[ovvio|alt=Ovvio]] is a learned word of the 17th century, first recorded in Paolo Segneri in 1672, [[bor|la|obvius|t=lying in the way, meeting; easy, natural]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003) The Latin adjective was drawn from the phrase [[m|la|ob viam|t=in the way, towards]], from [[m|la|ob-|t=in front of, against]] and [[m|la|via|t=road, way]], so that it first meant “coming to meet”.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003) The same Latin word gave [[ovviare]] “to obviate, remedy”, recorded in the 14th century.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ GRADIT dates the adverb to 1741, and Devoto–Oli to the first half of the 18th century.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) Tommaseo–Bellini enter it with the plain gloss “in an obvious way”.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The first sense was the literal manner adverb: “in an obvious way”, which GRADIT still records for actions that are predictable or commonplace.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(GRADIT 2003) The modern word is above all a sentence adverb, “of course, naturally, evidently”, often set off as a parenthesis.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011) Standing alone it serves as an emphatic answer “yes”, “certainly”.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1672 – Paolo Segneri uses the adjective ''ovvio''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1741 – ''Ovviamente'' is first recorded.^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1861–1879 – Tommaseo–Bellini gloss it as “in an obvious way”.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|obviously]], of course, [[m|en|naturally]] (as a comment on the whole sentence): ''Ovviamente non sapevo niente della festa.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary)

+ # As a reply: certainly, of course: ''«Ci sarai anche tu?» «Ovviamente!»''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In a predictable, commonplace way: ''Ha risposto ovviamente, senza nessuna fantasia.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ovvio]]

+ * [[ovvietà]]

+ * [[ovviare]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}