teatro Italian · revision 39297

22 Oct 2026, 20:42 by bogdan “teatro: place-name forms in angle brackets” current version
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  It is a learned word, [[bor|la|theātrum]],^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) which is [[der|grc|θέατρον|tr=théatron|t=place for viewing]], from [[m|grc|θεάομαι|tr=theáomai|t=to look at, be a spectator]], from [[m|grc|θέα|tr=théa|t=sight, spectacle]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(DELI 1999)^(Wiktionary) The same word is [[fr|théâtre]] and [[es|teatro]], and it spread to the other European languages;^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|3736) Italian passed it on to [[tr|tiyatro]].^(Wiktionary)
  
− The Latin word also had a popular development: it survives in the street and place names of Brescia, Padua, Pola and Rome, often where an ancient theatre stood.^(DELI 1999)^(Prati 1951|981) Padua records “Zairo” in 1077 and “Zadrum” in 1079, and Rome's Piazza dei Satiri goes back to an older “Satri” or “Zatri”.^(DEI|3736)^(DELI 1999) Of the derivatives only [[teatrale]] continues a Latin word, [[la|theātrālis]].^(DELI 1999)^(Prati 1951|981)
+ The Latin word also had a popular development: it survives in the street and place names of Brescia, Padua, Pola and Rome, often where an ancient theatre stood.^(DELI 1999)^(Prati 1951|981) Padua records ⟨Zairo⟩ in 1077 and ⟨Zadrum⟩ in 1079, and Rome's Piazza dei Satiri goes back to an older ⟨Satri⟩ or ⟨Zatri⟩.^(DEI|3736)^(DELI 1999) Of the derivatives only [[teatrale]] continues a Latin word, [[la|theātrālis]].^(DELI 1999)^(Prati 1951|981)
  
  ==Earliest recorded meaning==