immediatamente Italian · revision 38485

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1292–1293, Dante, Vita nuova|origins=la-lat immediātus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /im.me.dja.taˈmen.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|it|immediato|-mente]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary)^(TLIO) The adjective is a learned word, from [[la-lat|immediatus|alt=immediātus|t=not mediated]], which Boethius coined in the 6th century to translate [[grc|ἄμεσος|tr=ámesos|t=without a middle term]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is Dante's ''Vita nuova'' (about 1292–1293), in the sense “directly, without an intermediary”: Love tells the poet to send his words to Beatrice through a ballad, “so that you do not speak to her directly, which is not fitting” (''sì che tu non parli a lei immediatamente, che non è degno'').^(TLIO)^(GDLI)^(DELI 1999) Old Italian also wrote ''imediatamente'', ''inmediatamente'' and ''enmediatamente''.^(TLIO)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “without delay, at once”, now the main one, appears in Dante's ''Convivio'' (1304–1308).^(DELI 1999)^(TLIO) The older sense lived on in theology and philosophy: Boccaccio speaks of the angels and souls “created by God directly”, and Alfieri of a man who claims to represent God directly.^(GDLI) In spatial use ''immediatamente'' means “right, just”: ''immediatamente dopo'', ''immediatamente prima''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1292–1293 – Dante's ''Vita nuova'' uses ''immediatamente'' “directly”.^(TLIO)^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1304–1308 – Dante's ''Convivio'' uses it in the sense “at once”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|immediately]], at once, without delay: ''Se senti odore di gas, apri immediatamente le finestre.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # Right, just, with nothing in between in space or order: ''La farmacia è immediatamente dopo il semaforo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # [[m|en|directly]], without mediation: ''Questo ufficio risponde immediatamente al direttore generale.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GRADIT 2003)^(TLIO)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[immediato]]

+ * [[immediatezza]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}