evento Italian · revision 38749

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1321, Pisan statutes|origins=la veniō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /eˈvɛn.to/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''evento''' ''m'' (plural eventi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned [[bor|la|ēventus|t=occurrence, outcome]], derived from [[m|la|ēveniō|t=to come out, happen]], a compound of [[m|la|ex|t=out of]] and [[m|la|veniō|t=to come]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(OLD 2012) DELI and Zingarelli give the source as the neuter [[m|la|ēventum]], the noun formed from the past participle, while Nocentini, Devoto–Oli and Treccani give [[m|la|ēventus]].^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary) The same Latin word gave [[fr|évent]] and [[es|evento]].^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ The modern sense “major event, show” came under the influence of [[en|event]].^(Treccani 2011)^(GDLI|5, 523) DEI explains “grande evento” as modelled on [[fr|grand event]] (1901), itself taken from [[m|en|great event]], first a sporting term used of the Derby in 1866.^(DEI|1572)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in the Pisan statutes of 1321, in the sense “something that happens or has happened; its outcome”.^(TLIO) DELI dates the word to Bambagiuoli (before 1343), who in verse advises that one should provide against an expected misfortune and meet the outcome without fear.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|5, 523) DEI's date, the 16th century, is too late.^(DEI|1572)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old Italian had the conjunction ''in evento che'' “in case”.^(TLIO) Boccaccio uses ''lieti eventi'' “happy events”, Machiavelli speaks of the ''evento'' of becoming a prince from a private man, and Galileo of oracles understood only after the events they foretold.^(GDLI|5, 523) Tommaseo distinguished it from ''esito'': an ''evento'' is a turn in the course of things, the ''esito'' its final outcome.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) The phrase ''lieto evento'' or ''fausto evento'' now means the birth of a child.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ The derivatives ''eventuale'' (before 1673) and ''eventualità'' (1695) were formed after Medieval Latin ''eventualis'' and ''eventualitas'';^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) DELI regards DEI's 13th-century date for ''eventuale'' as an error.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) In the 20th century the word acquired technical senses in probability theory, in criminal law (''evento del reato'', the effect of the criminal act) and in physics (a point in space-time).^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) Under the influence of English it also came to mean a major public occasion, a fair or a show;^(GDLI|5, 523)^(Treccani 2011) GDLI's supplement quotes ''La Repubblica'' from 1984 and the ''Corriere della Sera'' from 2004 for organising ''eventi''.^(GDLI|5, 523)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1321 – The Pisan statutes use ''evento''.^(TLIO)

+ * Before 1343 – Bambagiuoli uses it in verse.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1673 – ''Eventuale'' “possible” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 1695 – Lorenzo Magalotti has ''eventualità''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1866 – English ''great event'' is used of the Derby, the model of ''grande evento''.^(DEI|1572)

+ * 1984 – ''La Repubblica'' uses ''eventi'' for organised public occasions.^(GDLI|5, 523)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|event]], something that has happened or may happen, especially something of some importance: ''Nessuno aveva previsto un evento del genere.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A notable public [[m|en|occasion]], show or initiative: ''La mostra è stata l'evento culturale dell'estate.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(GDLI|5, 523)

+ # ''(probability)'' Each of the cases that may occur in an experiment, with a given probability.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(law)'' ''Evento del reato'': the effect produced by the criminal act.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(physics)'' A point in [[m|en|spacetime]], defined by three spatial coordinates and one of time.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[eventuale]]

+ * [[eventualità]]

+ * [[eventistico]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[evenienza]]

+ * [[venire]]

+ * [[la|ēventus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Lieto evento'' or ''fausto evento'' is the birth of a child.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) ''In ogni evento'' or ''a ogni evento'' means “whatever happens”.^(Treccani 2011)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}