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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=late 12th century, Proverbia que dicuntur (Venetian)|origins=la dīcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /kon.ditˈt͡sjo.ne/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''condizione''' ''f'' (plural condizioni)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include [[roa-oit|condicione]], [[roa-oit|condicion]], [[roa-oit|condissione]] and [[roa-oit|chondizione]].^(TLIO)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la|condiciō|t=agreement, terms; condition]], from [[m|la|condīcō|t=to agree on, fix]], formed [[af|la|con-|dīcō|t1=together|t2=to say]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(OLD 2012) The Latin noun first named a formula of agreement between two parties.^(DEI|1052)^(GDLI) In Late Latin it was also spelled ⟨conditio⟩, because ⟨-ti-⟩ and ⟨-ci-⟩ had come to be pronounced alike, and it was confused in manuscripts with [[m|la|conditiō]], a noun of [[m|la|condō|t=to found; to store]].^(Devoto 1968)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

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+ The LEI notes that the word lives in all the Romance languages only in learned form: [[fr|condition]], [[ca|condició]], [[es|condición]], [[pt|condição]] and [[rm|cundiziun]].^(LEI|16, 1160)^(Körting 1907) The adjective [[condizionale]] goes back to the Late Latin derivative [[m|la-lat|condiciōnālis]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's earliest record is the Venetian ''Proverbia que dicuntur super natura feminarum'', of the last quarter of the 12th century.^(TLIO) DELI's earliest date is Guido Guinizelli, before 1276, with the sense “moral, emotional or physical state”, and Brunetto Latini, before 1294, has “circumstance on which something else depends”.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old Italian already used the word in law, for a clause on which an agreement depends, for a person's nature or essence, for their lot in life, and for a state of total dependence.^(TLIO) Dante uses it in the ''Convivio'' (1304–1308) for a quality required for some purpose.^(DELI 1999) Boccaccio speaks of men “of good condition”, meaning of respectable rank, a sense still used for social standing.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) In 15th-century Venice ''condizione'' was the statement of a citizen's property for taxation.^(DEI|1052)

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+ The verb ''condizionare'' appears in Dante, and the participle ''condizionato'' in the 14th-century ''Ottimo commento'';^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) ''aria condizionata'' and ''condizionatore'' “air conditioner” (1939) came in the 20th century.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Late 12th century – The Venetian ''Proverbia que dicuntur'' have the word.^(TLIO)

+ * Before 1276 – Guido Guinizelli uses it for a state of mind or body.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * Before 1294 – Brunetto Latini uses it for a necessary circumstance.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1304–1308 – Dante uses it for a required quality.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 14th century – ''Condizionale'' “conditional” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 1550 – ''Condizionale'' is used for the conditional mood of verbs.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1939 – ''Condizionatore'' “air conditioner” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|condition]]: a circumstance necessary for something to happen, or a requirement for some purpose: ''Mancano le condizioni per un accordo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A term of an agreement; a stipulation, reservation: ''Accetto, ma a una condizione.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(usually plural, commerce)'' The terms of a sale or purchase: ''condizioni di pagamento''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(law)'' A clause making the effect of a legal act depend on a future and uncertain event.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # State, especially (often plural) a person's physical, mental or financial state, or the state of a thing: ''La casa è in pessime condizioni.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # Social position, rank, [[m|en|class]]: ''una ragazza di modesta condizione''.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[condizionale]]

+ * [[condizionare]]

+ * [[condizionato]]

+ * [[condizionamento]]

+ * [[condizionatore]]

+ * [[precondizione]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dire]]

+ * [[la|condicio]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''A condizione che'', followed by the subjunctive, means “provided that”, and ''a condizione di'' with the infinitive “on condition of”.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011) The GDLI records a second, obsolete ''condizione'' meaning “creation, birth”, from Latin ''conditio'' “foundation”, in an old Bible translation.^(GDLI)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}