intervento Italian · revision 39112

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /in.terˈvɛn.to/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''intervento''' ''m'' (plural interventi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|interventus|t=a coming between; intervention]], a learned word.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|2067)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto 1968) The Latin noun is formed from [[m|la|interveniō|t=to come between, intervene]], the source of Italian [[intervenire]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary) That verb is made of [[m|la|inter|t=between]] and [[m|la|veniō|t=to come]].^(GDLI) Wiktionary traces [[m|la|veniō]] to [[itc-pro|*gʷəniō]] and [[ine-pro|*gʷem-]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ DEI notes the related Latin [[m|la|interventor]] “visitor” in Cicero and “guarantor, intercessor” in later legal writers, and a popular outcome in [[wa|treven]] and [[m|wa|entrefen]].^(DEI|2067) Zingarelli dates the Italian word from 1499, DELI and GRADIT from before 1540.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is in Guicciardini, before 1540, for the act of intervening.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) In the passage the GDLI quotes, the king was to leave two ambassadors in Florence, without whose ''intervento'' (presence, participation) nothing was to be discussed.^(GDLI)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 16th and 17th centuries the word mostly meant presence or participation, as in Botero's lawsuits settled without the ''intervento'' of anyone but the parties and the judge.^(GDLI) The political sense of one state's interference in another's affairs is recorded in 1851;^(DELI 1999) M. Leopardi spoke of the principle of ''non intervento'' in 1831, and Tommaseo records the ''massima del non-intervento'' in 1869.^(DELI 1999)

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+ The legal sense of joining a lawsuit as a party dates from 1880, the surgical sense of an operation from 1917–18 and the sense of a speech in a debate from 1957.^(DELI 1999) DEI records [[interventista]] from 1915 for a supporter of Italy's entry into the First World War, and [[interventismo]] from the 20th century.^(DEI|2067) ''Pronto intervento'' names an emergency service.^(GDLI)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1499 – Zingarelli's first date for the word.^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * Before 1540 – Guicciardini uses ''intervento''.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1831 – M. Leopardi speaks of the principle of ''non intervento''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1851 – The sense of a state's interference in another state's affairs is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1880 – The legal sense of intervening in a lawsuit is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1915 – ''Interventista'' is recorded for a supporter of entering the war.^(DEI|2067)

+ * 1917–1918 – The surgical sense “operation” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1957 – The sense “speech in a debate” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|intervention]]: taking an active part in a situation to change its course, or the action taken: ''Grazie all’intervento dei vigili del fuoco l’incendio è stato spento.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Presence, [[m|en|participation]] at an event: ''La cerimonia si è svolta con l’intervento del sindaco.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # A speech or contribution in a debate or meeting: ''Il suo intervento al convegno è stato molto applaudito.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # ''(medicine)'' A surgical [[m|en|operation]]: ''intervento chirurgico''.^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Wiktionary)^(DELI 1999)

+ # ''(politics)'' The [[m|en|interference]] of a state or international body in another state's affairs: ''politica di non intervento''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(DELI 1999)

+ # ''(sport)'' An action by a player, especially a tackle: ''un intervento falloso''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # ''(building)'' Restoration or consolidation work on a building.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ # ''(law)'' The entry of a third party into a lawsuit between others.^(Gabrielli 2020)^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[interventismo]]

+ * [[interventista]]

+ * [[interventistico]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[intervenire]]

+ * [[venire]]

+ * [[la|interveniō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}