ingresso Italian · revision 39088

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1321–1337, Accurso di Cremona|origins=la gradior}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /inˈɡrɛs.so/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ingresso''' ''m'' (plural ingressi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la|ingressus|t=entry, entrance]], a noun formed on the past participle of [[m|la|ingredior|t=to go in]], from [[m|la|gradior|t=to step, walk]] with the prefix [[m|la|in-|t=in]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) Devoto explains the Latin form as from [[m|la|*ingredtus|alt=*in-gred-tu-s]], with /dt/ becoming /ss/ and the root vowel /a/ becoming /e/ in a non-initial syllable.^(Devoto 1968) De Vaan thinks that the participle [[m|la|gressus]] itself was taken from such compounds.^(de Vaan 2008) The same learned word is [[es|ingreso]] and [[en|ingress]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|2033)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first records are in Accurso di Cremona's Messinese translation (1321–1337) and in Ventura Monachi (before 1348, Florence), for the space through which one enters a place, and figuratively for a beginning.^(TLIO) DELI's first date is about 1470, in Leon Battista Alberti, for the act of entering.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense of a first or solemn entry, as of a bishop into his diocese, is recorded in 1572, and the right of admission to a place in 1630;^(DELI 1999) Ugo Foscolo has ''biglietto d'ingresso'', an admission ticket, in 1811.^(DELI 1999) Tommaseo's dictionary (1869) has the hall or vestibule of a house and the figurative first appearance, as of a season.^(DELI 1999)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ DEI notes the 17th-century “beginning” and an astronomical sense, the passing of a body into another's shadow.^(DEI|2033) In computing ''ingresso'' renders English “input”.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1321–1337 – Accurso di Cremona uses ''ingresso''.^(TLIO)

+ * About 1470 – Leon Battista Alberti uses it for the act of entering.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1572 – Giovan Battista Bombaso uses it for a solemn entry.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1630 – Davila uses it for the right of admission.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1811 – Foscolo has ''biglietto d'ingresso''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1869 – Tommaseo's dictionary has “entrance hall”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|entrance]]: the way in to a place; a door or gate: ''Ci vediamo all'ingresso del parco.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The [[m|en|hall]] or vestibule just inside the front door of a flat.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The act of entering, especially a solemn or official entry; a first entry into a field or office: ''il suo ingresso in politica''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # [[m|en|admission]], the right to enter: ''ingresso libero'', ''ingresso gratuito''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # The price of admission, or a ticket: ''Ho comprato due ingressi per la mostra.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(computing, electronics)'' [[m|en|input]].^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wikizionario)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reingresso]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ingressivo]]

+ * [[ingrediente]]

+ * [[entrata]]

+ * [[la|ingressus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Old Italian also had an adjective ''ingresso'' “violent, hostile”, from [[fro|engrés]] and [[pro|engres]], which go back to the same Latin participle.^(GRADIT 2003)^(TLIO)^(Zingarelli 2010) Its first record is in Pier della Vigna, before 1249: “la morte amara, crudele ed ingressa” (“bitter, cruel and violent death”).^(TLIO)^(GDLI|7)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}