scrivania Italian · revision 39116

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1501, Venetian official documents|origins=la scrība}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /skri.vaˈni.a/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''scrivania''' ''f'' (plural scrivanie)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|it|scrivano|-ia]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary) The Medieval Latin form [[m|la-med|scribania]] is recorded in 1309.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|18) The base [[scrivano]] “clerk, scribe” comes from [[la-med|scrivanes]], recorded in the Edict of Rothari, from [[la|scriba|alt=scrība|t=clerk, scribe]];^(DELI 1999) Nocentini derives it from [[la-vul|*scribānem]], with the Latin noun moved to a declension in ⟨-a⟩, ⟨-ānis⟩.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ GDLI explains the bureaucratic sense “ration office” as a calque of [[es|escribanía de ración]].^(GDLI|18)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Italian word is first recorded in Venetian official documents of 1501 (or 1502), with the sense “office of a clerk”.^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010) GRADIT and Nocentini date the old sense “office, post” to the end of the 14th century.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Among the old senses were the office of a notable to whom the sovereign gave the administration of a territory and its revenue, and the post of clerk on a merchant ship.^(GRADIT 2003) Tommaseo–Bellini cites the ''Consolato del mare'' for the ship's clerk, whose office was also called ''scrivanaria''.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ The piece of furniture for writing is first recorded in Francesco Algarotti, before 1764;^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) D'Alberti's dictionary in 1805 calls it a word of current use.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) The furniture sense is now the main one, and the word has also become the Italian for a computer [[m|en|desktop]].^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary) By metonymy GDLI records ''le scrivanie'' for office workers as a class.^(GDLI|18)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1309 – Medieval Latin ''scribania'' is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1501 – Venetian official documents use ''scrivania'' for the office of a clerk.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1764 – Francesco Algarotti uses it for a writing desk.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1805 – D'Alberti records the furniture sense as current.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|desk]]: a table for writing, studying or office work, usually with drawers: ''Ho lasciato le chiavi sulla scrivania.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(computing)'' The [[m|en|desktop]] of a graphical interface, with its icons and windows.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(historical)'' The office of a clerk; the office of a notable who ran a territory for the sovereign; the post of clerk on a merchant ship.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[scrivere]]

+ * [[scrivano]]

+ * [[scrittoio]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}