passaggio Italian · revision 38215

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1257, Bonagiunta Orbicciani|origins=fr passer}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /pasˈsad.d͡ʒo/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''passaggio''' ''m'' (plural passaggi)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include [[roa-oit|passagio]] and the northern [[roa-oit|pasazo]].^(GDLI|12, 732)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fro|passage]], recorded in French from 1080, from [[m|fro|passer|t=to pass]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto 1968|319) Wiktionary allows a formation [[af|it|passare|-aggio]] as well.^(Wiktionary) [[la-med|passagium]] is found in Calabria in 938 and was very common in the Latin documents of 12th-century Italy, in the sense “toll for passage”.^(DELI 1999)^(DEI|2791)^(GDLI|12, 732)

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+ The French verb continues [[la-vul|*passō|alt=*passāre|t=to go through]], which gave [[passare]] and its Romance cognates.^(REW 1935) French also passed the noun to [[es|pasaje]] and [[pt|passagem]], and its derivative [[m|fr|passager]] became [[passeggero]].^(REW 1935)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first Italian record is in Bonagiunta Orbicciani of Lucca, who died before 1257: he wishes he could make “this passage” (''farea questo passaggio'') as swiftly as a falcon.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|12, 732)^(GRADIT 2003) The sense is the act of passing through or travelling across a place.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ By the 14th century the word also meant the place through which one passes, in the ''Storia di Barlaam''.^(DELI 1999) Medieval Latin ''passagium'' was the crusade to the Holy Land in Salimbene (1281–1288), and in Boccaccio (1353) ''passaggio'' is a sea crossing and its fare.^(DELI 1999) In old texts it is also a toll, and DEI records the sense “death” in the 18th century.^(DEI|2791)

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+ The modern senses spread from the 16th century: a passage of a text (before 1544, Giulio Camillo Delminio), a section of a piece of music, a lift in someone's car (1935) and a pass in football (Pasolini, 1955–1957).^(DELI 1999) Italian ''passaggio'' in music, recorded before 1555, was taken into French as a calque, ''passage'', by 1840.^(DIFIT) In the 19th century ''passaggio'' was also an emigrant's ticket from Europe to America, after [[pt|passagem]] and [[es|pasaje]].^(DEI|2791)^(Prati 1951|747) Television added a single showing of a film or a spot and a brief appearance on screen.^(GRADIT 2003)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 938 – Medieval Latin ''passagium'' is recorded in Calabria.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 12th century – ''Passagium'' “toll” is common in Latin documents of Italy.^(DEI|2791)

+ * Before 1257 – Bonagiunta Orbicciani uses ''passaggio''.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1281–1288 – Salimbene uses ''passagium'' for the crusade.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 14th century – The sense “place of passage” appears.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1353 – Boccaccio uses it for a sea crossing.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1544 – It is used for a passage of a text.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1555 – It names a section of a musical composition.^(DIFIT)

+ * 1935 – The sense “lift in a vehicle” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1955–1957 – Pasolini uses it for a pass in football.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of passing through or across a place, or from one place to another: ''Aspettavano il passaggio della processione.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A [[m|en|passage]], an opening or way through which one passes: ''Un passaggio stretto portava al cortile.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The people or vehicles passing through a place, traffic: ''In centro c'è sempre molto passaggio.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A change from one state or condition to another, a [[m|en|transition]]; also a transfer: ''il passaggio delle consegne''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A voyage by ship and its fare.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A [[m|en|lift]], a free ride in someone's vehicle: ''Mi dai un passaggio fino alla stazione?''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A passage of a text or of a piece of music.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(sports)'' A [[m|en|pass]] of the ball to a teammate.^(DELI 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A showing of a film or an advertisement, or a brief appearance on television.^(GRADIT 2003)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sottopassaggio]]

+ * [[sovrappassaggio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[passare]]

+ * [[passo]]

+ * [[fr|passage]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Di passaggio'' means “passing through, briefly”: ''gente di passaggio'' are people who do not stay.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011) ''Passaggio a livello'' is a level crossing and ''passaggio pedonale'' a pedestrian crossing.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}