internet Italian · revision 38837

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1990|origins=en internet}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈin.terˌnɛt/, /ˌin.terˈnɛt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''internet''' ''m or f'' (uncountable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|en|internet]], an unadapted loan.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The sources explain the English word differently: Nocentini and Devoto–Oli as a shortening of “International Network”, Sabatini–Coletti of “Interconnected Network”, while GRADIT, Treccani, Gabrielli and the GDLI analyse it as [[m|en|inter-]] and [[m|en|net|t=network]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The GDLI's first quotation is from ''La Repubblica'' of 24 January 1990, which reports the conviction of a student who had put a virus into the computer network ''Internet''.^(GDLI) The dictionaries date the word 1992 (Sabatini–Coletti), 1995 (Nocentini, Devoto–Oli) and 1996, from the title of a handbook, ''Internet '96''.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In 1993 ''La Stampa'' still explained it as the world network linking thousands of other computer networks.^(GDLI) The word is also used after a noun like an adjective, as in ''sito internet'' and ''collegamento internet''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010) Compounds of the 1990s and 2000s include ''Internet café'' and ''Internet point''.^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1990 – ''La Repubblica'' writes of the network ''Internet''.^(GDLI)

+ * 1992 – Sabatini–Coletti's date for the word.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ * 1996 – The handbook ''Internet '96'' is published.^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|internet]]: the worldwide system of interconnected computer [[m|en|network|alt=networks]]: ''Ho trovato l'orario dei treni su internet.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or on the internet: ''un indirizzo internet''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[internettiano]]

+ * [[internettista]]

+ * [[internettizzare]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ It is often written with a capital, ''Internet''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The gender varies: GRADIT, Zingarelli, Treccani and Gabrielli give it as feminine, after ''la rete'', and Sabatini–Coletti as masculine.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}