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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=first half of the 13th century, Rinaldo d'Aquino (complitamente)}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /kom.ple.taˈmen.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|it|completo|-mente|t1=complete]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary) The old form [[roa-oit|complitamente]] comes from [[roa-oit|complito]] “completed”; the TLIO treats “completo” and “compito” as one word here, with no difference of meaning.^(TLIO)^(GRADIT 2003) The adjective is a learned word, recorded from 1597, from [[la|complētus|t=filled]], the past participle of [[m|la|compleō|t=to fill up; to complete]], the source also of popular [[compiere]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ GRADIT and the TLIO date the adverb to the first half of the 13th century, in the form ''complitamente'' in the Sicilian School poet Rinaldo d'Aquino, with the sense “fully, entirely”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(TLIO) The GDLI quotes Mazzeo di Ricco: ''se non sperasse in voi complitamente'' (if I did not hope in you completely).^(GDLI|3, 414)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old texts have many forms, among them ''compiutamente'', ''compitamente'', ''compliamente'' and northern ''compliament'', all meaning “completely”.^(TLIO) The modern form ''completamente'', made on the learned ''completo'', is dated by Devoto–Oli to the 19th century; the GDLI quotes it in Vittorio Imbriani and in Grazia Deledda, whose heroine's hair turned ''completamente bianchi''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GDLI|3, 414) The meaning has stayed the same: entirely, without restriction.^(GDLI)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * First half of the 13th century – ''Complitamente'' in Rinaldo d'Aquino.^(GRADIT 2003)^(TLIO)

+ * 1597 – ''Completo'' is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 19th century – The form ''completamente''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|completely]], entirely, totally: ''Mi ero completamente dimenticato dell'appuntamento.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[incompletamente]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[completo]]

+ * [[completare]]

+ * [[compiere]]

+ * [[compiutamente]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}