progetto Italian · revision 38413

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1553, Giornale dell'Assedio di Montalcino|origins=la iaciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /proˈd͡ʒɛt.to/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''progetto''' ''m'' (plural progetti)^(Wiktionary)

+ Older forms, now out of use, are ''proièto'' and ''proiètto''.^(GDLI)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|projet]], first recorded about 1460 in the form [[frm|pourget]] and in its present spelling in 1549, a noun from the verb [[m|fr|projeter|t=to plan]], first recorded about 1400.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The French verb comes from [[la|prōiectō|t=to reproach; to expose]], an intensive of [[m|la|prōiciō|t=to throw forward]], from [[m|la|prō|t=forward]] and [[m|la|iaciō|t=to throw]].^(DELI 1999) Nocentini adds that in military use the French verb came to mean “to lay an ambush”, and, from this “to plan an action”.^(Nocentini 2010) The Italian verb [[progettare]] was taken from French too, recorded in John Florio's dictionary of 1598.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is in the ''Giornale dell'Assedio di Montalcino'', the journal of the siege of Montalcino, in 1553, with the sense “idea, intention”, often vague or hard to carry out: on such a plan, Giordano Orsini laid an ambush for the enemy at one of the gates.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “ordered and detailed plan of work for carrying something out” is in Lione Pascoli in 1730–1736.^(DELI 1999) ''Progetto di legge'', a bill laid before parliament, is recorded in 1793, and ''progettista'', the author of a plan, in the Verri brothers in 1767.^(DELI 1999) From the 18th century the word belongs above all to architecture and engineering, with ''progettare'' “to design a building” recorded in 1776.^(DELI 1999) Recent Italian has the employment phrases ''lavoro a progetto'' and ''contratto a progetto'', for work under a fixed-term project contract.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * About 1460 – French ''pourget'' is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1553 – Italian ''progetto'' appears in the journal of the siege of Montalcino.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1598 – The verb ''progettare'' is recorded by John Florio.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1730–1736 – Lione Pascoli uses it for a detailed plan of work.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1767 – The Verri brothers use ''progettista''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1793 – ''Progetto di legge'' is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|plan]], an organized and detailed scheme for carrying out a work or an activity: ''il progetto del nuovo ospedale''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The technical documents of such a plan, the drawings and calculations of a building or engineering work; a [[m|en|design]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # An idea, intention, something one plans to do: ''Che progetti hai per l'estate?''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # A fanciful plan, hard to carry out.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(law)'' ''Progetto di legge'', a [[m|en|bill]] laid before parliament.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[progettare]]

+ * [[progettista]]

+ * [[progettistica]]

+ * [[progettistico]]

+ * [[progettuale]]

+ * [[controprogetto]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[proiettare]]

+ * [[fr|projet]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Avere in progetto'' is to plan to do something, and ''essere in progetto'' is to be at the planning stage.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}