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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1400, Franco Sacchetti|origins=la studeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /stuˈdɛn.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''studente''' ''m'' (plural studenti, feminine studentessa)^(Wiktionary)

+ An older form is [[roa-oit|studiente]], used by Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger and now rustic.^(DEI|3663)^(GDLI|20, 417)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la|studens|alt=studentem|t=one devoting himself; studying]], the present participle of [[m|la|studeō|t=to strive after; to apply oneself to learning]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) DEI calls it a word of the medieval schools.^(DEI|3663) The sense “to study” of the Latin verb belongs mainly to Late and Medieval Latin.^(Wiktionary)

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+ De Vaan explains [[m|la|studeō]] as a stative verb to the root [[ine-pro|*(s)tewd-|t=to thrust, hit]], “to be thrusting” and so “to strive after”, the root of [[m|la|tundō|t=to beat]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(Devoto 1968|430) The word spread through the European languages: [[fr|étudiant]] and [[es|estudiante]] are its counterparts.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is Franco Sacchetti's ''Trecentonovelle'' (before 1400), for one enrolled in a course of study;^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) GRADIT gives the same date.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) The GDLI quotes the passage: “Il giovane studente si pose a sedere di fuori su uno deschetto” (“The young student sat down outside on a little bench”).^(GDLI|20, 417)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Nocentini and Devoto–Oli date the word only to the 16th century, and Zingarelli to before 1328.^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010) In older texts it meant anyone who studies; today it names someone enrolled in a secondary school or a university.^(GDLI|20, 417)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ The adjective ''studentesco'' is recorded in 1896 and in Zingarelli's dictionary of 1922;^(Nocentini 2010)^(DELI 1999)^(DEI|3663) DEI says it was formed on the model of ''libresco''.^(Nocentini 2010)^(DELI 1999)^(DEI|3663) ''Casa dello studente'' is a university hall of residence.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1400 – Franco Sacchetti uses ''studente''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 16th century – Nocentini's date for the word.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 1883 – ''Studentato'' and ''studentesca'' are recorded.^(DEI|3663)

+ * 1896 – ''Studentesco'' is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person enrolled in a secondary school or a university; a [[m|en|student]]: ''uno studente di ingegneria al primo anno''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(dated)'' Anyone who studies.^(GDLI|20, 417)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[studentesco]]

+ * [[studentato]]

+ * [[studentessa]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[studiare]]

+ * [[studio]]

+ * [[la|studeo]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The feminine is ''studentessa''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary) Diminutives and pejoratives include ''studentello'', ''studentino'' and ''studentaccio''.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}