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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=14th century|origins=la orīgō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /o.ri.d͡ʒiˈna.le/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''originale''' ''m or f'' by sense (plural originali, superlative originalissimo)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la-lat|originalis|alt=orīginālis]], from [[m|la|origo|alt=orīgō|t=origin]] with the suffix [[m|la|-ālis]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) DEI notes that Medieval Latin documents already have [[m|la-med|originalis]] at Nonantola in 989 and at Pavia in the 10th century, and [[m|la-med|originale]] (a copy) at Gaeta in 976: the Church and the chanceries spread the word.^(DEI|2676) Sabatini–Coletti holds that the senses “new, inventive” and the noun “eccentric person” came through [[fr|original]].^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ Old forms include [[roa-oit|originalle]] and [[roa-oit|orriginale]].^(GDLI|12)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is from the 14th century, in an Italian version of Saint Jerome, with the sense “belonging to the origins”; the noun, “the author's own work from which copies are made”, is in Guido da Pisa in the same century.^(DELI 1999) In the 14th century the adjective also meant “native”: Giovanni Villani writes of ''gli antichi originali cittadini'', “the old native citizens”.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(DEI|2676)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “made by the author himself” is recorded in 1785, and “new, not modelled on anything before” in Ludovico Antonio Muratori in 1706.^(DELI 1999) The sense “odd, eccentric” followed in 1809, and the noun for an eccentric person by 1831.^(DELI 1999)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) Tommaseo–Bellini (1869) records “proper to the author of a work”, and ''edizione originale'', the first published edition, appears in the ''Enciclopedia italiana'' in 1932.^(DELI 1999) The sense “made in its place of origin, genuine” is recorded in 1958.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ''Peccato originale'', original sin, is the sin of Adam and Eve passed on to all humankind.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011) The derivative ''originalità'' is recorded from the 19th century.^(DEI|2676)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 976 – Medieval Latin ''originale'' (copy) is used at Gaeta.^(DEI|2676)

+ * 14th century – Italian ''originale'' appears in a version of Saint Jerome and, as a noun, in Guido da Pisa.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1706 – Muratori uses it for “new, inventive”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1785 – The sense “made by the author” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1809 – The sense “odd, eccentric” appears.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1932 – ''Edizione originale'' appears in the ''Enciclopedia italiana''.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|original]]: not changed by later work; being the first version, not a copy or translation: ''Ho visto il film in lingua originale.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Made in, or typical of, its place of origin; [[m|en|genuine]]: ''un tappeto persiano originale''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # New and personal, not imitating earlier models: ''Ha avuto un'idea davvero originale.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Odd, [[m|en|eccentric]]: ''Si veste in modo un po' troppo originale.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Existing from the origin; inborn: ''peccato originale''.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The original of a document, work or object, as opposed to a copy, reproduction or translation: ''Conservo l'originale e ti do una fotocopia.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The person or thing that is the model for a portrait or photograph.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # An eccentric person, a [[m|en|character]].^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[originalità]]

+ * [[originalmente]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[origine]]

+ * [[originario]]

+ * [[la|origo]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}