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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=13th century, Giacomo da Lentini|origins=la sōlus, la mēns}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * /so.laˈmen.te/^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|it|solo|-mente]], the adverb ending that goes back to the ablative [[la|mente|t=with a mind]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wikizionario) Wiktionary traces the phrase to [[la-med|sōlā mente]].^(Wiktionary) Devoto argues that the form is not the adjective agreeing with the noun but the adverb of the same form, crossed with the ordinary adverbs with that ending.^(Devoto 1968)
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+ The adjective continues [[la|sōlus|t=alone]]; de Vaan rejects a link with the reflexive pronoun and finds no certain cognate, suggesting a possible connection with the root of [[m|la|salvus|t=safe, whole]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The word is recorded from the 13th century.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(DEI|3530) GDLI's first quotation is from Giacomo da Lentini: ''Solamente per adonare / oi malparlare / Amor non vuol ch'io perda mia intendanza'' (“only because of slander and evil talk, Love does not want me to lose my lady”).^(GDLI|19)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Bono Giamboni and the ''Novellino'' use it in the same limiting sense, “only, merely”.^(GDLI|19) In the 14th century ''se non solamente'' meant “except, but for”.^(DEI|3530) Tommaseo's dictionary quotes Boccaccio and Dante for the adverb and notes that it joins with various particles.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Besides the adverb, modern Italian uses ''solamente'' as a conjunction meaning “but, however”, before a restriction.^(GRADIT 2003)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 13th century – Giacomo da Lentini uses ''solamente''.^(GDLI|19)^(GRADIT 2003)
+ * 14th century – ''Se non solamente'' “except” is recorded.^(DEI|3530)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adverb===
+ # [[m|en|only]], just; exclusively: ''Ho solamente dieci minuti.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)
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+ ===Conjunction===
+ # But, however, introducing a restriction: ''Il progetto mi piace, solamente costa troppo.''^(GRADIT 2003)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[solo]]
+ * [[soltanto]]
+ * [[la|sōlus]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ ''Solamente'' is a synonym of ''solo'' and ''soltanto''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}