emozione Italian · revision 39213

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1644, Vittorio Siri|origins=la moveō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /e.motˈt͡sjo.ne/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''emozione''' ''f'' (plural emozioni)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|émotion]] (1534).^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary) DELI calls the French word a learned formation on [[la-lat|ēmōtiō]], from [[m|la|ēmōtus]], the past participle of [[m|la|ēmoveō|t=to move out, remove; to shake]].^(DELI 1999) Nocentini and Zingarelli instead derive it from [[m|fr|émouvoir|t=to move, stir]], from [[la-vul|*exmoveō|alt=*exmovēre]], a parallel form of the classical verb.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Zingarelli 2010) GRADIT derives the Italian word directly from Late Latin and only compares the French.^(GRADIT 2003) DEI notes that the Late Latin noun is found in glosses, and Tommaseo that a Greek–Latin glossary renders it as [[grc|ἀποκίνησις|tr=apokínēsis|t=moving away]].^(DEI|1467)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Devoto treats it as an action noun from the participle, like [[m|la|commōtiō]] from [[m|la|commōtus]].^(Devoto 1968)

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+ The Latin verb is made of [[m|la|ex-]] and [[m|la|moveō|t=to move]], which goes back to [[ine-pro|*mewh₁-|alt=*m(i̯)euh₁-|t=to move]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first records are ''emotione'' in Vittorio Siri (1644) and ''emozione'' in Giovan Battista Nani (1648), in the sense of a tumult or popular uprising, and in Lorenzo Magalotti (1676) for a physical upset.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) French had used the word for movement in 1538 and for popular unrest in the 17th century.^(GDLI)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word was long felt as French.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Anton Maria Salvini wrote that Nani had taken it from French ''émotion'' rather than from the rare Latin ''emotio'', and Tommaseo's dictionary still marks it as a useless Gallicism, proposing ''moto'', ''commozione'' or ''turbamento'' instead.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) By the 18th century it was used for strong feeling, by Salvini, Pietro Verri and Alfieri.^(GDLI)

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+ ''Emozionale'' is in Pirandello (1893–1911), modelled on English ''emotional'' according to Nocentini, and ''emozionare'' and ''emozionante'' are recorded in 1897; in 1905 Panzini called them neologisms of plain French origin, from ''émotionner'' (1829).^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) Today the word names both the psychological reaction and, in common use, excitement or a thrilling experience.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1534 – French ''émotion'' is first recorded.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1644 – Vittorio Siri uses ''emotione''.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1648 – Giovan Battista Nani uses ''emozione'' for a tumult.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1676 – Lorenzo Magalotti uses it for a physical upset.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1897 – ''Emozionare'' and ''emozionante'' are recorded.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 1905 – Panzini calls ''emozionare'' a French neologism.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(psychology)'' An [[m|en|emotion]]: an intense affective reaction such as fear, joy or anger, with physical and behavioural changes: ''Fa fatica a esprimere le proprie emozioni.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A strong impression, [[m|en|excitement]], being moved: ''Tremava per l'emozione.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # A [[m|en|thrill]], an exciting experience: ''Il volo in mongolfiera è stato un'emozione unica.''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[emozionale]]

+ * [[emozionante]]

+ * [[emozionare]]

+ * [[emozionabile]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[emotivo]]

+ * [[commozione]]

+ * [[muovere]]

+ * [[fr|émotion]]

+ * [[la|emoveo]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}