uscita Italian · revision 38147

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=late 13th century, Novellino|origins=la exeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /uʃˈʃi.ta/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''uscita''' ''f'' (plural uscite)^(Wiktionary)

+ An older and Tuscan popular form is ''escita'';^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Treccani 2011)^(GDLI) Old Italian also had ''scita'' and northern ''ussita''.^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Treccani 2011)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine past participle of [[uscire]] used as a noun.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary) The verb continues [[inh|la|exeō|t=to go out]], from [[m|la|ex|t=out of]] and [[m|la|eō|t=to go]]; its initial ⟨u⟩ is due to the influence of [[uscio]] “door”, and the change of ⟨x⟩ to ⟨sc⟩ has parallels.^(DELI 1999)^(Wiktionary) Sicilian [[m|scn|nisciuta]] is the same formation.^(Wiktionary)

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+ The LEI notes that the Latin verb survives in Romanian, Sardinian and Italian, while in French and Spanish the words descended from it gave way to [[fr|sortir]] and [[es|salir]].^(LEI|22, 291)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's earliest dated sense is “expense, outlay”, in the ''Novellino'' at the end of the 13th century.^(DELI 1999) The general sense, the act or manner of going out, is first recorded in Dante's ''Convivio'' (1304–1308), the date GRADIT gives for the word.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Boccaccio uses ''uscita'' for the opening through which one goes out (1348–1353), and Lionardo Salviati in 1584–1586 for the ending of a word.^(DELI 1999) Old texts also have ''fare l'uscita'' for a military sortie, and ''dazio d'uscita'' for an export duty.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ The modern senses multiplied in the 19th and 20th centuries: ''libera uscita'', the free time of soldiers and boarders, is in De Amicis in 1899; a witty or odd remark is an ''uscita'' in Tommaseo (1879); and in football the goalkeeper's coming off his line is recorded in 1954.^(DELI 1999) The word also names the publication of a book or record, the motorway exit, and in electronics the output of a device.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Late 13th century – The ''Novellino'' uses ''uscita'' for an expense.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1304–1308 – Dante uses it for going out.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1348–1353 – Boccaccio uses it for an exit, a way out.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1584–1586 – Lionardo Salviati uses it for the ending of a word.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1879 – Tommaseo records it for a witty remark.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1899 – ''Libera uscita'' is in Edmondo De Amicis.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1954 – The football sense, a goalkeeper's sortie, is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Going out, leaving a place: ''All'uscita dal cinema pioveva.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # An [[m|en|exit]], way out; a door or opening; a motorway exit: ''Prendi la seconda uscita per Bologna.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A way out of a difficulty: ''Non vedo nessuna via d'uscita.''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # The [[m|en|release]] or publication of a book, film or product; an issue of a part-work.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(accounting)'' An [[m|en|expense]], outgoing, as opposed to ''entrata'': ''A dicembre le uscite sono state altissime.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A witty or odd remark.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # An outing; an appearance in public; an actor's exit or entrance on stage.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(sports)'' In football, the goalkeeper's coming off the line; in gymnastics, the dismount.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(electronics)'' An [[m|en|output]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[buonuscita]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[uscire]]

+ * [[esito]]

+ * [[la|exeō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Uscita di sicurezza'' and ''uscita d'emergenza'' are emergency exits, and ''buonuscita'' is a severance payment.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}