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1003 Firenze Florence. From Latin Florentia (named after florens, “flowering”). When the word entered Italian, Fl- changed to Fi- (just as Latin florem > Italian fiore). Then Fio- lost o. The English name, by way of French, did not change much from Latin.

1009 fissare to fix, to set, to fasten. From Latin fixus (“fixed”). Cognate with fix. Note this word is more versatile than English fix. Examples, fissare un limite a (“to set a limit to”); fissare / prendere un appuntamento (“to make an appointment”).

1011 sé itself, himself, herself, oneself. From Latin se (“self”). Cognate with Spanish and French se (“self”; reflexive pronoun), and if traced to Proto-Indo-European, with English self. Compared with the reflexive pronoun si, sé is used for emphasis and as a standalone word, not clitic attached to the end of a verb. Examples, lo ha fatto da sé (“he / it did it by him/itself”); pensa solo a sé / a se stesso / a sé stesso (“he only thinks  of himself”; if sé is followed by stesso, the acute diacritic mark is often omitted as it won’t be confused with se).

1013 mila plural of mille. 1702 mille thousand. 1724 migliaio about a thousand. Note the plural of mille is mila, not *milli, which does not exist in Italian except as a prefix (as in millimetro). Not to be confused with miglio (“mile”), migliore (“better”, adj.). Examples, mille dollari (“one / a thousand dollars”; note no un before mille); un migliaio di dollari (“about one thousand dollars”; “about” may be omitted in translation); duemila dollari (“two thousand dollars”).

1014 apposito special, appropriate, proper. From Latin appositus (“appointed”, “placed near”). Something positioned or put nearby must be something special. Example, un apposito dispositivo (“a special device”).

1016 dentro in, inside, within. From Latin de intro (“from inside”, “from within”). Not to be confused with dentale (“dental”). Examples, andare dentro (“to go inside”); dentro e fouri (“inside and outside”); dentro la / all’interno della scatola (“inside the box”).

1017 tramite by means of, through, via; go-between, means, way. From Latin tramitem (“path”), from trans- + meare (“to pass”, “to move from one place to another”), the latter component cognate with the root of permeate, so tramite is like *transmeate, which unfortunately does not exist in English. Cognate with Spanish trámite (“procedure”). Alternatively, as a mnemonic, think of a tram going between various places. Examples, tramite email (“by email”); per il tramite di (“by means of”, per mezzo di); fare da tramite (“to act as a go-between”; da means “as”).

1018 rilevare to notice, to observe, to detect; to point out, to show; to remove, to take away. From Latin relevare (“to raise”; “to relieve”). When you lift a cover or something that covers, you notice or observe what was beneath. The literal meaning, “to remove”, is less common. Example, il consulente ha rilevato / notato alcuni errori nel contratto (“the consultant noticed some errors in the contract”).

1021 indagine investigation, inquiry, survey. From Latin indago (“encircling wild animals or pushing them into an enclosure”), from indu (“in”) + agere (“to drive”; “to act”; “to do”), which is cognate with act, French agir and Spanish actuar (“to act”). On the surface, this word corresponds to in + act in English; one type of action or work inside something is inquiry into it. Example, fare un’indagine su (“to make a study of / an investigation into”; note indagine is feminine, hence un’, not un, but not una here due to the initial vowel).

1026 condividere to share. From con- + dividere (“to divide”, cognate with divide). Sharing something implies dividing it together with others.

1027 comportamento behavior, conduct, comportment (cognate). From comportarsi (“to behave oneself”) +‎ -mento. See also comportare.

1030 lettura reading, interpretation. From Latin lectura. Cognate with lecture, Spanish lectura and French lecture (“reading”). In spite of cognation with English lecture, this word most commonly means “reading” while conferenza or lezione is a better word for “lecture”. Example, comprensione della lettura / del testo (“reading comprehension”).