sicuramente Italian · revision 38457

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=first half of the 12th century|origins=la securus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /si.ku.raˈmen.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sicuramente''' (invariable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|it|sicuro|-mente]], the adjective with the suffix that forms adverbs of manner.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)^(Wikizionario) The adjective continues [[la|sēcūrus|t=free from care]], a compound of [[m|la|sē-|t=without]] and [[m|la|cūra|t=care]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ GRADIT and Devoto–Oli date the adverb to the first half of the 12th century.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) Among the GDLI's earliest quotations is the Lombard poet Patecchio, who writes the northern form ''seguramentre'': the wise man who listens well ''ben va seguramentre'', “goes safely”.^(GDLI|18, 1058) The first sense is “safely, without danger or fear”.^(GDLI|18, 1058)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old and dialect texts show the forms ''seguramente'', ''seguramenti'', ''seguramentre'' and ''siguramente'' beside the Tuscan one.^(GDLI|18, 1058) In Dante's ''Vita nuova'' the poet tells his ballad that ''se tu vuoli andar sicuramente'', “if you want to go safely”, it should first find Love.^(GDLI|18, 1058) Boccaccio and Dante use the word for going or sending someone without risk, and Tommaseo still gives “with security” as its sense.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ In modern Italian the main sense is “certainly, without doubt”, and the adverb also serves alone as an emphatic “yes” in answers; the older “safely, confidently” lives on in phrases such as ''procedere sicuramente''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * First half of the 12th century – ''Sicuramente'' is first recorded.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # With [[m|en|confidence]] or [[m|en|safety]], without fear or hesitation: ''Guidava sicuramente anche di notte.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|certainly|alt=Certainly]], without doubt: ''Domani sicuramente pioverà.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Wiktionary)

+ # As a reply on its own, an emphatic “yes”, “of course”: ''«Ci sarai?» «Sicuramente!»''^(GRADIT 2003)

+ # Emphasising a statement, “really, undoubtedly”.^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sicuro]]

+ * [[sicurezza]]

+ * [[la|sēcūrus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}