maglietta Italian · revision 39357

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1356–1357, Florentine statute|origins=la macula}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /maʎˈʎet.ta/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''maglietta''' ''f'' (plural magliette)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|it|maglia|-etta|t1=mesh; knitted fabric]], a diminutive.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Wiktionary)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) The base word came from [[pro|malha]] or [[fro|maille]], from [[la|macula|t=spot; mesh of a net]], which in its other sense gave the inherited [[macchia|t=stain]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Wiktionary) DELI notes that Vincenzio Borghini had already seen in the 16th century that both nouns share the Latin source.^(DELI 1999) The same word is [[es|malla]] and [[pt|malha]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's only record is a Florentine statute of 1356–1357, where ''maglette'' are small metal eyelets sewn on clothes.^(TLIO) DELI's first record of the diminutive is John Florio's dictionary of 1598.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 15th and 16th centuries ''magliette'' were the small rings or studs from which mail armour was made, as San Bernardino describes, and the eyelets on clothes for hooks and buttons: Lorenzo de' Medici's rustic poem has ''uncinegli o magghiette o bottoni''.^(GDLI|9, 456)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Later uses named other small rings: the sling ring on a rifle (1869) and the ring on a picture frame for hanging it (1891).^(DELI 1999)

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+ The garment came with the knitted ''maglia'': a light knitted top of wool or cotton is first recorded in 1939–1940, in Palazzi's dictionary.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) The ''maglietta della salute'' is the undershirt worn for warmth, and today ''maglietta'' is above all the T-shirt.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1356–1357 – A Florentine statute records ''maglette'', eyelets on clothes.^(TLIO)

+ * 1598 – John Florio's dictionary has the diminutive ''maglietta''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1869 – The rifle's sling ring is called ''maglietta''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1891 – The ring on a picture frame is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1939–1940 – ''Maglietta'' names a light knitted garment.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|T-shirt]]; a light knitted top, usually short-sleeved, worn next to the skin or on its own: ''Con questo caldo basta una maglietta e un paio di jeans.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''maglietta della salute'', an [[m|en|undershirt]] worn under a shirt.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # A small ring on a picture frame or mirror, for hanging it on a nail.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # The flattened ring on a rifle through which the sling passes.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # An eyelet or loop on a garment for a hook or button.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[magliettina]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[maglia]]

+ * [[maglione]]

+ * [[macchia]]

+ * [[la|macula]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}