ognuno Italian · revision 38970

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=before 1301, Pucciandone Martelli|origins=la omnis, la ūnus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˌoɲˈɲu.no/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ognuno''' ''m'' sg (feminine ognuna)^(Wiktionary)

+ Older spellings are ''ogni uno'', ''ogn'uno'' and ''ogniuno''; poetry has the shortened [[ognun]].^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|it|ogni|uno|t1=every|t2=one]], first written as a phrase and later as one word.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto 1968)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary) [[ogni]] is [[inh|la|omnis|t=all, every]], and [[uno]] is [[m|la|ūnus|t=one]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Wiktionary)

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+ De Vaan traces the Latin adjective to [[itc-pro|*opni-]], perhaps a verbal adjective from the root of [[m|la|ops|t=means, wealth]];^(de Vaan 2008)^(Nocentini 2010) Nocentini also connects it with that root.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is in Pucciandone Martelli of Pisa, before 1301, with the sense “every person, everyone”.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) Zingarelli dates the word to 1266.^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Boccaccio's ''Decameron'' a young man learns his letters and becomes a fine philosopher “to the great wonder of everyone” (''con grandissima ammirazione d'ognuno'').^(GDLI)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Old Italian also used the word as an adjective, meaning “every”: Brunetto Latini writes of ''ognuna creatura'' and Ariosto of ''ognuna persona''; this use is now archaic.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ Proverbs show the distributive sense, “each for himself”: ''ognuno per sé e Dio per tutti'', “everyone for himself and God for all”.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011) In colloquial Italian the pronoun can take a plural verb, with the sense “all of us, each one”.^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1266 – Zingarelli's date for ''ognuno''.^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * Before 1301 – Pucciandone Martelli uses it for “everyone”.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 14th century – Nocentini's and Devoto–Oli's date for the word.^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Pronoun===

+ # ''(singular only)'' [[m|en|everyone]], every person: ''Ognuno ha diritto alla propria opinione.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(with a partitive)'' [[m|en|each]] one of a group: ''Ognuno di voi riceverà una copia.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # Each of a set of things: ''Rimetti ognuno di questi attrezzi al suo posto.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(colloquial)'' All, each of us, sometimes with a plural verb.^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(archaic)'' Every, each.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ogni]]

+ * [[uno]]

+ * [[ciascuno]]

+ * [[ognora]]

+ * [[ognissanti]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The feminine is ''ognuna'': ''ognuna delle ragazze''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020) The proverb ''ognuno per sé e Dio per tutti'' means that each should look after his own interests.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}