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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=first half of the 14th century, Nicolò de' Rossi|origins=la pangō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈpa.d͡ʒi.na/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pagina''' ''f'' (plural pagine)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include [[roa-oit|paggina]] and [[roa-oit|paina]].^(TLIO)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la|pāgina|t=column of writing, page]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The Latin word was first a farming term: Pliny uses it for a section of vineyard, the rectangle formed by a crosspiece joining four vine stakes, and the rows of a written column were seen as a similar layout.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GDLI) It belongs with [[m|la|pangō|t=to fix, drive in]], [[m|la|pāgus|t=country district]] and [[m|la|pāx|t=peace]], from a full grade of [[ine-pro|*peh₂ǵ-|t=to fasten]], the root also of [[grc|πήγνυμι|tr=pḗgnumi|t=to fix]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Medieval Latin in central Italy had the spoken forms [[la-med|pahina]] and [[la-med|paina]] from the 7th to the 10th century.^(DEI|2720) The inherited doublet is [[pania]], birdlime spread on twigs.^(Wiktionary)^(REW 1935) The Latin word also gave [[fr|page]], from which came [[en|page]], and [[es|página]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|2720)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in the rhymes of Nicolò de' Rossi, of the first half of the 14th century, for one side of a leaf; there it can also mean part of a text or a book, and ''sacra pagina'' is the Bible.^(TLIO) DELI, GRADIT and Nocentini date the word only to the 15th century, with Sannazaro (about 1485) for “written text”.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “face of a leaf” is dated by DELI to Firenzuola (1525), who discussed whether to pronounce its ⟨g⟩ hard or soft.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Tommaseo noted in 1830 that spoken Tuscan said ''faccia'' rather than ''pagina''.^(DELI 1999) Botanists use it for either side of a leaf blade (1809).^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ Manzoni's ''Promessi sposi'' (1825–27) has ''una bella pagina nella storia della famiglia'', a memorable episode.^(DELI 1999) The ''terza pagina'', the culture page of Italian newspapers, began with the ''Giornale d'Italia'' in 1901, on the first night of D'Annunzio's ''Francesca da Rimini''.^(DELI 1999) ''Pagine gialle'' is a calque of American English ''Yellow Pages'', and in computing a ''pagina'' is a block of memory and a web page.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 7th–10th centuries – Medieval Latin ''pahina'', ''paina'' are common in central Italy.^(DEI|2720)

+ * First half of the 14th century – Nicolò de' Rossi uses ''pagina''.^(TLIO)

+ * About 1485 – Sannazaro uses it for a written passage.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1525 – Firenzuola uses it for a face of a leaf of paper.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1798 – ''Impaginare'' “to lay out in pages” is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 1809 – The botanical sense is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1825–1827 – Manzoni uses it for a memorable episode.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1849 – ''Paginatura'' is recorded in Carlo Cattaneo.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1901 – The ''Giornale d'Italia'' launches the ''terza pagina''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1971 – ''Paginone'', a magazine's centre spread, is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|page]]: each of the two sides of a leaf in a book, notebook or newspaper; also the leaf itself: ''Il saggio occupa una trentina di pagine'', ''ha strappato una pagina dal diario.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # What is written on a page; a passage of a text: ''le pagine più belle del romanzo''; in criticism, a writer's style.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # A section of a newspaper given to one subject: ''la pagina sportiva''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A memorable [[m|en|episode]] or event: ''una pagina buia della nostra storia''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(botany)'' Either surface of a [[m|en|leaf]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # ''(computing)'' A fixed-size block of memory; a web page.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[paginatura]]

+ * [[paginazione]]

+ * [[paginone]]

+ * [[impaginare]]

+ * [[impaginazione]]

+ * [[spaginare]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pania]]

+ * [[compagine]]

+ * [[la|pāgina]]

+ * [[fr|page]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Common expressions are ''prima pagina'' (front page), ''a piè di pagina'' (at the foot of the page), ''terza pagina'' (the culture page) and ''voltare pagina'' (to turn the page, to make a fresh start).^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}