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INTERESANTE

Latin Lemma

No direct etymon. Sp interés, etc. may be based on MedLat interesse "pecuniary interest", INF of intersum Ducange, though OFr interest (> Eng interest? OED) suggest Lat interest, 3sg Pres of intersum).

Latin Meaning

(Intersum "to lie between; to be different; to be present at; to be of interest"; the impersonal interest was used in the sense of "it makes a difference, concerns, is of interest" L&S. The PRESPART of intersum was interessens, -ntis, so interesante is a later derivational creation. Semantic equivalents of Sp interesante in Lat were utilis, commodus DRAE 1817, commodus, oportunus and idoneus BF.

Spanish

Spanish Lemma

interesante

Spanish Variants

interesantes, interessante(s)

Spanish POS

ADJ

Spanish Morphologically related words

interés (interese), interesar, interesado, interesadamente, interesal, interesable, desinterés, desinteresar, desinteresado, desinteresadamente, (desinteresal) DLE

Ranking/frequency in Spanish

616 Davies 2017 530 CDEWP

Spanish First attestation

después de publicados, se notifique y haga notificar á cada vecino y parte interesante en persona (CORDE: Anon., Actas del Cabildo de Santiago de Chile, VI, 1605)

(Dating of 15-16C instances in CDEGH is unreliable.)

First attestation in DRAE: DRAE 1817 ('lo que interesa').

Han admitido yá este participio del verbo interesar (Terreros, 1787).

Spanish Historical frequency (per million words)

13C: 0.00 14C: 0.00 15C: 0.00 16C: 0.53 17C: 0.97 18C: 17.52 19C: 40.68 20C: 91.10 CDEGH
13C: 0.00 14C: 0.00 15C: 0.00 16C: 0.00 17C: 0.00 18C: 6.29 19C: 44.01 20C: 32.09 21C: 69.00 Enclave
- - - - - - - - 21C: 82.53 CORPESXXI
- - 1064-1500: 0.28 - 1501-1700: 2.39 1701-1800: 152.88 1801-1900: 310.62 - - CDH

Spanish Semantic history

Morphological form and chronology of development suggest derivation from interesar (q.v.), in turn derived from interés / interesse (q.v.), which predate interesar and interesante.

Spanish Collocational history

Most frequent collocations in 18C Sp (CDEGH): muy, más; objetos, puntos, noticias, historia, asunto

Most frequent collocations in 20C Sp (CDEGH): muy, más, sumamente, realmente, especialmente, realmente, especialmente, verdaderamente; algo, punto(s), tema, historia, experiencia, ejemplo, dato(s), conversación, aspecto, estudio; parece, creo, resulta

Portuguese

Portuguese Lemma

interessante

Portuguese Variants

plural

Portuguese POS

ADJ

Portuguese Morphologically related words

interessar, interessado, interesse, interesseiro "someone who is self-interesed", desinteressante, desinteressar, desinteressado, desinteresse, desinteresseiro Houaiss desinteressal Michaelis.

Portuguese Historical frequency (per million words)

13C: 0.00 14C: 0.00 15C: 0.00 16C: 0.00 17C: 0.31 18C: 1.83 19C: 65.12 20C: 73.63 CDPGH

French

French Lemma

intéressant

French POS

ADJ

French Morphologically related words

intéresser, intérêt, intéressé, intéressement "profit-sharing scheme", désintéresser, désintéressement "disinterestedness", désintérêt Larousse

French First attestation

(Earlier exs are of PRESPART use)

Il [Homère] auroit pû attacher sa fable à toute autre histoire, sans que son poëme eust esté moins interessant. (FRANTEXT: Anne Dacier, Des causes de la corruption du goust, 1714)

French Historical frequency (per million words)

13C: 0 14C: 0 15C: 0 16C: 0 17C: 7 18C: 23 19C: 17 20C: 27 21C: 31 FRANTEXT

French Semantic history

Derivative of intéresser in turn derived from intérêt on the basis of Lat interesse TLF.

interes attested 1290 in sense of "damage" in collocation dampmages et interes, which appears to be a legal formula; 15C "pecuniary interest" and "concern" TLF

interessées attested 1356 in sense of "wronged"; 16C "harm" and "capture attention" TLF

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