angolo Italian · revision 38759

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1282, Restoro d'Arezzo|origins=ine-pro *h₂eng-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈan.ɡo.lo/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''angolo''' ''m'' (plural angoli)^(Wiktionary)

+ An older form is [[roa-oit|angulo]].^(TLIO)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la|angulus|t=angle, corner]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|205)^(GRADIT 2003) The LEI describes [[roa-oit|anguolo]] and the modern word as continuing the Latin word with a learned or half-learned sound development.^(LEI|2, 1241)

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+ The popular outcome of the syncopated form [[la-lat|anglus]], found in the Appendix Probi, is [[ro|unghi]], [[fr|angle]] and [[ca|angle]]; in Italy it survives only in a few words of Elba and Corsica.^(LEI|2, 1241)^(DEI|205)^(REW 1935) A derivative [[la-vul|*angulō]] lives on in Sicily, southern Calabria, Corsica, Elba and Sardinia ([[sc|angrone]]), and perhaps in place names such as Agnone.^(LEI|2, 1241) [[es|ángulo]], [[pt|ângulo]] and [[rm|angul]] are learned, like the Italian word.^(LEI|2, 1241)

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+ De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*ang(e)lo-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eng-(e)lo-|t=corner]], with cognates in [[hy|անկիւն|tr=ankiwn|t=corner]], [[cu|ѫгълъ|tr=ǫgŭlŭ|t=corner]] and [[goh|anchal|t=ankle]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The word is close in form and sense to the root of [[la|uncus|t=hook]] and of [[grc|ἀγκύλος|tr=ankúlos|t=curved]], but no regular rule connects them.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Nocentini 2010)^(DELI 1999) Nocentini links the same base to [[grc|ἄγκυρα|tr=ánkura]], the source of [[ancora|alt=àncora]] “anchor”.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is Restoro d'Arezzo's treatise of 1282, in Aretine, in the geometrical and astronomical senses.^(TLIO) DELI's first date for the geometrical sense is Giovanni Villani (before 1348), who says of a wall that it “makes an elbow, that is an angle”.^(DELI 1999)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old Italian already used ''angolo'' for the corner where two surfaces meet, for the cornerstone of a building, for the corner of the eye, and for a hidden or out-of-the-way place.^(TLIO) The sense “secluded spot” is in Sannazaro (''angulo'', before 1530) and Tasso (''angolo'', 1581).^(DELI 1999) The adjective ''angolare'' (before 1342) spread partly through the biblical ''pietra angolare'' “cornerstone”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ Geometry fixed many phrases: ''angolo ottuso'' from Firenzuola (1543), ''angolo misto'' from Viviani (1674), and ''angolo morto'', the zone that guns cannot reach, from 1833.^(LEI|2, 1241) In football ''angolo'' and ''calcio d'angolo'' are calques of English ''corner''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) Later derivatives include ''angoloso'' “angular” (1581), in the figurative sense “prickly, difficult” from 1877, and ''angolazione'', the angle from which a scene is filmed (1942).^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1282 – Restoro d'Arezzo uses ''angolo'' in geometry and astronomy.^(TLIO)

+ * Before 1342 – The adjective ''angolare'' is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1348 – Giovanni Villani uses ''angolo'' for the corner of a wall.^(DELI 1999)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

+ * Before 1530 – Sannazaro uses ''angulo'' for a secluded place.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1543 – ''Angolo ottuso'' is recorded.^(LEI|2, 1241)

+ * 1833 – ''Angolo morto'' appears in a military dictionary.^(LEI|2, 1241)

+ * 1942 – ''Angolazione'' is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(geometry)'' An [[m|en|angle]], the part of a plane between two rays from the same point; its measure: ''un angolo di 45 gradi''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A [[m|en|corner]] of a sheet, a table or another surface between two edges.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # The corner of a room or a building, inside or outside; a street corner: ''Ci vediamo al bar dell'angolo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A sharp edge or projection: ''Ha sbattuto il ginocchio contro l'angolo del letto.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A quiet, secluded place: ''un angolo di pace in mezzo alla città''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # The outer end of the mouth or the eye.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(sport)'' Each corner of a football pitch or a boxing ring; a [[m|en|corner kick]] (''calcio d'angolo'').^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[angolare]]

+ * [[angolazione]]

+ * [[angoloso]]

+ * [[angolosità]]

+ * [[angoliera]]

+ * [[angoloide]]

+ * [[angolino]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[uncino]]

+ * [[la|angulus]]

+ * [[fr|angle]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In addresses ''angolo'' alone stands for “at the corner with”: ''via Verdi angolo via Rossi''.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011) Common phrases are ''angolo cottura'', a corner of a room fitted as a kitchen, ''smussare gli angoli'', to smooth over difficulties, and ''dietro l'angolo'', of something that is about to happen.^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}