organizzare Italian · revision 38704

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=late 13th century, Jacopone da Todi|origins=grc ὄργανον}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /or.ɡa.nidˈd͡za.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''organizzare''' (first-person singular present organìzzo, first-person singular past historic organizzài, past participle organizzàto, auxiliary avére)^(Wiktionary)

+ [[roa-oit|organizare]], [[m|roa-oit|organezato]].^(TLIO)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-med|organizō|alt=organizāre|t=to give form; to form the organs of a living body]], a learned borrowing.^(Nocentini 2010)^(Wiktionary)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto 1968) The Medieval Latin verb, recorded about 980 in the sense “to shape”, was formed from [[la|organum|t=instrument; organ]], from [[grc|ὄργανον|tr=órganon|t=tool, instrument]];^(DEI|2673)^(Nocentini 2010) DEI compares Greek [[m|grc|ὀργανίζω|tr=organízō]], formed in the same way.^(DEI|2673)^(Nocentini 2010) DELI, Devoto–Oli and the GDLI treat it instead as a derivative of [[organo]], with the GDLI pointing also to the Medieval Latin word.^(DELI 1999)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GDLI) The same verb is [[fr|organiser]] (14th century) and [[es|organizar]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|2673)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in Jacopone da Todi, late in the 13th century, for the shaping of a body into its organs: God formed the body, “e puoi che 'l corpo fo organizato, / creocce l'alma” (“and once the body had its organs, he created the soul in it”).^(TLIO)^(GDLI)^(GRADIT 2003) Dante uses ''organizzato'' in the same sense in the ''Convivio''.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(DEI|2673)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The general sense “to arrange, to set in order” appears in Alessandro Piccolomini, before 1578, but it was rare: in 1798 it was still felt as a neologism, although Vincenzo Monti then used the verb and ''organizzazione'' freely.^(DELI 1999) The 19th-century purists objected not to the word but to its overuse.^(DELI 1999) The reflexive ''organizzarsi'', of a living being forming its organs, is in Daniello Bartoli in 1680, and the figurative “to get oneself ready, to make arrangements” is recorded only in 1970.^(DELI 1999)

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+ During the Second World War, in the concentration camps, the verb took the sense “to obtain by trickery, to steal”, as French ''organiser'' and German ''organisieren'' did at the same time; the sense did not last.^(DELI 1999)^(DEI|2673) Today it is the ordinary verb for arranging work, events and people, and for bringing people together in a movement or a union.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * About 980 – Medieval Latin ''organizare'' “to shape” is recorded.^(DEI|2673)

+ * Late 13th century – Jacopone da Todi uses ''organizato'' of the body.^(TLIO)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * Before 1578 – Piccolomini uses it for “to arrange”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1680 – Bartoli has the reflexive ''organizzarsi''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * About 1800 – ''Organizzatore'' is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * Before 1835 – ''Organizzazione'' is used of an activity or a body.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 1844 – ''Organizzativo'' is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|organize]]: to arrange the parts of something so that they work together toward a common end; to coordinate: ''Ha organizzato il magazzino in pochi giorni.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # To prepare what is needed for something to succeed; to set up, [[m|en|arrange]] (a trip, a party, a conference): ''Organizziamo una cena per il suo compleanno.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # To bring together and coordinate a group of people for a goal, as in a union or a movement.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(biology)'' To form the organs of a living being and bring about their differentiation.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(reflexive)'' ''Organizzarsi'': to get ready, make arrangements; to join together in groups: ''Ci siamo organizzati per partire all'alba.''^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[organizzazione]]

+ * [[organizzatore]]

+ * [[organizzativo]]

+ * [[organizzato]]

+ * [[riorganizzare]]

+ * [[riorganizzazione]]

+ * [[disorganizzare]]

+ * [[organizzabile]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[organo]]

+ * [[organismo]]

+ * [[fr|organiser]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}