Item (particle)
The adverb item (from the Latin item for "further, in short, further" or "also, same") is an outdated sentence-linking particle .
Word origin and development
The word item has been found frequently in early New High German scripts since the 14th century .
Example:
“When Moses commands a woman to leave her with a letter of divorce. Item / that a man may drive his wife with a zeal sacrifice / and take other women more / Such are all worldly laws. "
In legal documents and invoices in the language of the law firm , it was common to formulate lists as continuous sentences and to introduce each individual item with item .
“ Set up this calculation: firstly , the professori eloquentiæ for his information, two reichsthls. item , for pen and ink, 4 reichsthl. item to the medico who curated me .. 2 reichsthl. "
In English , the modern noun for "object, item, element" developed from this usage .
Today it is almost only used in Bern German , but is also used sporadically in the rest of German-speaking Switzerland , where it can be translated as "whatever ...".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ item - Duden , Bibliographisches Institut ; 2016
- ↑ Item (also, furthermore) - Duden , Bibliographisches Institut ; 2016
- ↑ a b entry ITEM, this Latin particle… . In: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm: German Dictionary . Leipzig 1854–1960 (dwb.uni-trier.de)
- ↑ see e.g. B. the 242nd resolution of the Bohemian Diet in 1534.
- ↑ Item (thing, element) - Duden , Bibliographisches Institut ; 2016
- ↑ item ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English-German) - Duden , Langenscheidt ; 2015
