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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=before 1332, Alberto della Piagentina|origins=la prōdūcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /proˈdot.to/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prodotto''' ''m'' (plural prodotti)^(Wiktionary)

+ The old form is ''produtto'', with the Latinizing ''producto'' and ''prodócto''.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[produrre|t=to produce]], used as a noun.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) The participle reflects [[la|prōductus]], the participle of [[m|la|prōdūcō|t=to lead forth]].^(Devoto 1968)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) The Latin verb is a compound of [[m|la|prō-|t=forth]] and [[m|la|dūcō|t=to lead]].^(Wikizionario)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ As an adjective, “made, caused”, ''produtto'' appears in Dante's ''Convivio'' (1304–1308).^(DELI 1999) The noun, the result of human activity or of natural processes, is first recorded before 1332 in Alberto della Piagentina, and in the translation of Boethius every created thing is ''ogni prodotto'' of the first cause.^(DELI 1999)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 16th century mathematicians such as Pietro Maria Calandri used the noun for the result of a multiplication, and Galileo writes of dividing the ''prodotto'' by another number.^(DELI 1999)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) In 1771 Ronconi used it for what the earth yields and what human work makes, the sense of goods and produce that grew with economics.^(DELI 1999) Tommaseo thought ''i prodotti dell'industria'' a literal translation from French, and ''prodotti della terra'' superfluous beside ''frutti''.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ In modern economics it is the good or service produced, as in ''prodotto interno lordo'', gross domestic product, and in chemistry the substance a reaction yields.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) As an adjective ''prodotto'' once meant “extended, drawn out”, a learned sense now archaic.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1304–1308 – Dante uses the participle ''produtto'' “made”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1332 – Alberto della Piagentina uses the noun.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 16th century – Calandri uses it for the result of a multiplication.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1771 – Ronconi uses it for agricultural and manufactured goods.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|product]], what results from a natural process or from human work, especially as goods for sale: ''Compriamo solo prodotti locali.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # The result of a biological, physical or chemical process; in chemistry, the substance produced by a [[reazione]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A result, consequence or effect: ''Questo libro è il prodotto di dieci anni di ricerche.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # ''(economics)'' The good or service produced by an economic activity.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' The result of a [[moltiplicazione]], and also the operation itself.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sottoprodotto]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[produrre]]

+ * [[produzione]]

+ * [[la|prōdūcō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Prodotti di bellezza'' are cosmetics, and ''prodotto interno lordo'' (PIL) is gross domestic product.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}