notare Italian · revision 38455

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=late 13th century, Novellino|origins=la nota}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /noˈta.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''notare''' (first-person singular present nòto, first-person singular past historic notài, past participle notàto, auxiliary avére)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|notō|t=to mark; to point out]], a learned borrowing, from [[m|la|nota|t=mark, sign]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Wiktionary)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(DELI 1999) The same Latin verb gave [[fr|noter]] and [[es|notar]]; a popular outcome survives only in a few Alpine words for marking goats or making notches, such as [[rm|nuder]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(REW 1935)

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+ The origin of the Latin noun is unclear.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) It was traditionally linked with [[la|nōscō|t=to get to know]], but de Vaan rejects both this and a derivation from the root of [[grc|ὀνόσασθαι|tr=onósasthai|t=to blame]];^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Schrijver's proposal, a noun “*snot-ā” from the root of [[la|sentiō]], is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Novellino'' of the late 13th century has the sense “to observe, notice”;^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010) Zingarelli dates the word to 1268.^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010) A Venetian document of 1314 uses it for “to write down, record”, the date GRADIT gives for the word.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old Italian used the verb for writing things down, noting the day and hour of an event or listing names and sums, as in Cavalca and Giovanni Villani's ''è da notare'', “it is worth noting”.^(GDLI|11, 573) In Dante the letters of the book of judgment ''noteranno molto in parvo loco'', “will set down much in little space”.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) It also meant “to accuse, brand” and, in music, “to set to notes” or “to sing from notes”.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ The sense “to mark with a sign” is dated only to F. Serdonati, before 1602.^(DELI 1999) Today the usual sense is to notice something or someone, or to point out a fact; writing down and marking have become uncommon.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1268 – Zingarelli's date for the first record.^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * Late 13th century – The ''Novellino'' uses ''notare'' “to observe”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1314 – A Venetian document has the sense “to record”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1602 – F. Serdonati uses it for “to mark with a sign”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|notice]], become aware of something: ''Hai notato che la porta era aperta?''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To look at someone or something and be struck by it, ''farsi notare'', to draw attention to oneself.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # To point out, [[m|en|remark]], stress: ''Va notato che il testo è incompleto.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(uncommon)'' To mark with a sign: ''notare gli errori in margine''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(uncommon)'' To write down, [[m|en|record]]: ''notare le spese del mese''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(literary)'' To accuse, [[m|en|brand]] someone with a fault.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(music)'' To set a text to music, ''(archaic)'' to sing from notes.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[notevole]]

+ * [[notabile]]

+ * [[notazione]]

+ * [[annotare]]

+ * [[denotare]]

+ * [[connotare]]

+ * [[prenotare]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nota]]

+ * [[nuotare]]

+ * [[fr|noter]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Nota bene'', “note well”, calls attention to a point.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ A separate ''notare'' (first person ''nuoto'') is the Tuscan and Roman form of [[nuotare]] “to swim”, with its derivatives ''notatore'' and ''notatura'' in Old Italian.^(DEI|2602)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}