desiderio Italian · revision 38386

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1250, Pamphilus (Venetian)|origins=la dēsīderō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /de.ziˈdɛ.rjo/, /de.siˈdɛ.rjo/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''desiderio''' ''m'' (plural desideri)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include [[roa-oit|desidero]], [[roa-oit|disidero]] and [[roa-oit|disiderio]].^(TLIO)^(GDLI)^(Prati 1951|371) A Paduan ''deserio'' is recorded in the second half of the 13th century.^(LEI)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la|dēsīderium|t=longing, desire]], from [[m|la|dēsīderō|t=to long for, miss]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(DEI|1260) Wiktionary describes it as the older [[desidero]] reshaped after the Latin.^(Wiktionary)

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+ The inherited form and its variant [[disidero]] have a suffix ⟨-ero⟩ like that of [[lavorero]] and [[monastero]], and the LEI sets them apart from the learned form.^(LEI) Other inherited outcomes of the Latin noun are [[fro|desiier]], [[pro|dezier]] and Old [[ca|desirer]].^(LEI)^(REW 1935)^(DEI|1260)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is the Venetian translation of ''Pamphilus'', about 1250, in the sense of a strong inclination of the mind towards something wished for.^(TLIO) DELI's earliest date for the sense “longing for what gives pleasure or is good” is before 1294, in Guittone d'Arezzo, and Bono Giamboni has “sense of lack” before 1292.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Dante uses the word for the thing desired in the ''Convivio'' (1304–1308), and ends the ''Paradiso'' with “the ardour of desire” (''l'ardor del desiderio'') coming to rest.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI) Old Italian also used it for care for a person, for greed for food and for anxious longing or regret.^(TLIO) DEI lists the senses “sexual appetite” and “beloved person”.^(DEI|1260)

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+ The poetic ''disio'' and ''desio'', common in Dante and Petrarch, are related forms.^(GDLI)^(Körting 1907)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1250 – The Venetian ''Pamphilus'' has ''desiderio''.^(TLIO)

+ * Before 1292 – Bono Giamboni uses it for “sense of lack”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1294 – Guittone d'Arezzo uses ''disidero''.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI)

+ * 1304–1308 – Dante has the sense “thing desired”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|desire]], [[m|en|wish]], longing: a strong impulse to have or do something felt as good: ''Ho un gran desiderio di vedere il mare.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The thing desired, a wish: ''Esprimi un desiderio prima di spegnere le candeline.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # [[m|en|greed]], craving: ''desiderio di potere''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Sexual desire.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A sense of lack, need; regret for someone absent or dead.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # ''(literary)'' The beloved person.^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[desiderare]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[desio]]

+ * [[desiderabile]]

+ * [[la|dēsīderium]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Pio desiderio'' is a wish that will not come true.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}