accesso Italian · revision 38711

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=first half of the 13th century, vernacular Pietro Ispano|origins=la cēdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /atˈt͡ʃɛs.so/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accesso''' ''m'' (plural accessi)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms are [[roa-oit|acciesso]] and the popular Tuscan ''escesso''.^(TLIO)^(Prati 1951|17)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|accessus|t=approach, access]], a learned word.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|24)^(LEI|1, 275) The Latin noun, which had a medical sense too, was formed from [[m|la|accēdō|t=to approach]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tus]].^(DELI 1999)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) The verb is [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|cēdō|t=to go, proceed]], whose further origin is disputed.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The same learned word is [[fr|accès]], [[es|acceso]], [[pt|acesso]] and [[ca|accés]].^(LEI|1, 275)^(Nocentini 2010)^(REW 1935)

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+ The sense “impulse, fit of anger” was thought a Gallicism in the 19th century: Tommaseo advised using it with caution.^(DELI 1999) The computing sense is a calque of [[en|access]].^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is the medical sense, a sudden attack of illness, in a vernacular version of Pietro Ispano from the first half of the 13th century.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(LEI|1, 275) The TLIO's first example is in the Tuscan ''Questioni filosofiche'' of about 1298, for a movement forward or upward; it also records the astronomical approach of a heavenly body, entering into someone's confidence, and a bout of fever.^(TLIO)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “way in, passage” is found in Francesco Colonna's ''Hypnerotomachia'' (1499), and the act of entering in Giordano Bruno, before 1600.^(DELI 1999) Goldoni has it in 1748 for the permission to enter a place, and Manzoni in 1821–1823 for a sudden outburst of feeling.^(DELI 1999)^(LEI|1, 275) Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger used it for a judge's visit to the scene of a crime, the modern legal ''accesso giudiziale''.^(Prati 1951|17)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ The dialects have the word too: Piedmontese ''acess'' and Milanese ''acèss'' also mean a private lane leading to a house or farm.^(LEI|1, 275)^(REW 1935) Since 1961 ''accesso'' has been used for reading and writing data in a computer's memory, and more recently for logging in to a network.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * First half of the 13th century – A vernacular Pietro Ispano uses ''accesso'' for an attack of illness.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * About 1298 – The Tuscan ''Questioni filosofiche'' use it for a forward movement.^(TLIO)

+ * 1499 – Francesco Colonna uses it for a way in.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1600 – Giordano Bruno uses it for the act of approaching.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1748 – Goldoni uses it for permission to enter.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1821–1823 – Manzoni uses it for an outburst of feeling.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1961 – The computing sense appears.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of entering, [[m|en|entry]]: ''divieto di accesso''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # A way in, [[m|en|entrance]]: ''La polizia ha chiuso gli accessi allo stadio.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The right or possibility of entering or being admitted: ''Solo i soci hanno accesso alla piscina.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Approachability: ''un dirigente di facile accesso''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(medicine)'' A sudden [[m|en|attack]] of an illness: ''un accesso di tosse''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A sudden outburst, [[m|en|fit]]: ''un accesso di rabbia''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(computing)'' The reading or writing of data in memory; a connection to a network or system, a [[m|en|login]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accessibile]]

+ * [[accessibilità]]

+ * [[accessione]]

+ * [[accessorio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accedere]]

+ * [[la|accessus]]

+ * [[fr|accès]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}