comodo Italian · revision 38977

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1268, Andrea da Grosseto|origins=ine-pro *med-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈkɔ.mo.do/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''comodo''' (feminine comoda, masculine plural comodi, feminine plural comode, superlative comodissimo)^(Wiktionary)

+ The archaic and regional form ''commodo'' keeps the Latin double consonant.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(TLIO)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la|commodus|t=of the right measure; convenient]]; the noun continues the Latin neuter [[m|la|commodum|t=advantage]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GRADIT 2003) The Latin adjective is formed from [[m|la|com-|t=with]] and [[m|la|modus|t=measure]], the source of [[modo]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003) Sabatini and Coletti note that ⟨commodo⟩ keeps the Latin sound, while in ⟨comodo⟩ the word is no longer felt as a compound.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ The Latin word was also borrowed as [[fur|còmut]], [[rm|comad]], [[fr|commode]] (from 1542), [[ca|còmodo]] (1534), [[es|cómodo]] (about 1400) and [[pt|cômodo]] (1582).^(LEI|16, 25) De Vaan derives the Latin noun from [[ine-pro|*med-o-|t=measure]], from the root [[ine-pro|*med-|t=to measure]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in Andrea da Grosseto (1268, Tuscan), in the sense “easy, without difficulty”.^(TLIO) The noun appears around 1300 in the Italian version of Albertano, who explains, after Cassiodorus, that ''comodo'' is as much as to say ''cum modo'', “with measure”.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|3, 380)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old Italian used the adjective for what is easy, suitable and advantageous, and the noun for advantage, opportunity and one's own convenience;^(TLIO) ''fare il proprio comodo'', “to do as one pleases”, is already medieval.^(TLIO) Boccaccio has ''più comodo tempo'', “a more convenient time” (1353).^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010) The sense “comfortable, at ease”, of a person, is recorded in 1841.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ''Luogo comodo'', a privy, is found from the 14th century and spread in the dialects, and ''comodo'' alone came to mean a latrine.^(LEI|16, 25) As a musical tempo mark, ''comodo'' passed into German (1802) and French.^(DIFIT) Today the word is mostly used of comfortable furniture, clothes and lives, and in phrases of convenience such as ''fare comodo'' and ''di comodo''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1268 – Andrea da Grosseto uses the adjective.^(TLIO)

+ * c. 1300 – The noun appears in the Italian version of Albertano.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1353 – Boccaccio writes ''più comodo tempo''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1405 – ''Comodità'' is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1802 – ''Comodo'' is recorded in German as a musical term.^(DIFIT)

+ * 1828 – The tempo mark ''comodo'' is recorded in Italian.^(DIFIT)

+ * 1841 – Tommaseo records the sense “at ease”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|comfortable]], giving ease: ''un divano comodo''; of clothes, loose: ''pantaloni comodi''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # [[m|en|convenient]], suiting one's needs: ''orari comodi per chi lavora''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # Easy, without effort or difficulty: ''una salita comoda''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # Of a person, at ease, comfortable: ''Mettiti comodo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Of a person, fond of comfort and averse to effort.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(music)'' At an easy, moderate tempo.^(DIFIT)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # Comfort, convenience, ''(plural)'' amenities: ''una casa con tutti i comodi''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # Personal advantage or interest.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[comodamente]]

+ * [[comodone]]

+ * [[scomodo]]

+ * [[scomodare]]

+ * [[scomodità]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[comodità]]

+ * [[incomodo]]

+ * [[comodato]]

+ * [[accomodare]]

+ * [[incomodare]]

+ * [[modo]]

+ * [[la|commodus]]

+ * [[fr|commode]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Common phrases: ''con comodo'' “at one's leisure”, ''fare comodo'' “to come in handy”, ''prendersela comoda'' “to take it easy”, ''fare i propri comodi'' “to please oneself”, ''di comodo'' “of convenience” (''bandiera di comodo'', a flag of convenience).^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020) ''Comodo!'' is the military order “at ease”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}