«cause» en set llengües
Significatcause
Espanyol
/ˈkawsa/
f.cultisme
Francès
/koz/
f.cultisme
À cause de means 'because of'.
Italià
/ˈkauza/
f.cultisme
Portuguès
/ˈkawzɐ/
f.cultisme
The inherited CAUSAM is coisa 'thing'.
Romanès
/ˈkawzə/
f.cultisme
Català
/ˈkawzə/
f.cultisme
The inherited CAUSAM is cosa 'thing'.
Anglès
/kɔz/
del llatí/francès · Old French cause, from Latin
L’avantpassat llatí
CAUSAM‘reason; lawsuit’
Les sis germanes en descendeixen, tret que s’indiqui el contrari a continuació.
La història
The learned half of a doublet: spoken Latin wore CAUSA down to cosa / chose / cosa 'thing', while the scholars' word kept its AU and its old meaning.
Parents en anglès: because, accuse, excuse
Aprèn-la
En una frase
- esNo sabemos la causa del incendio.
- frOn ne connaît pas la cause de l'incendie.
- itNon sappiamo la causa dell'incendio.
- ptNão sabemos a causa do incêndio.
- roNu știm cauza incendiului.
- caNo sabem la causa de l'incendi.
- enWe don't know the cause of the fire.
La família llatina
CAUS-· cause, case
CAUSA 'reason, lawsuit' became the ordinary Romance word for 'thing': cosa, chose, cosa — a 'matter' in the legal sense, generalized. The learned doublet causa, cause kept the original meaning, and the courtroom sense lives on in accuse and excuse. Portuguese coisa (Old Portuguese cousa) and Catalan cosa followed; Romanian says lucru, from LUCRUM 'gain'.
CAUSAMcause; case → thing
escosafrchoseitcosaptcoisacacosa
CAUSAMcause (learned)
escausafrcauseitcausaptcausarocauzăcacausaencause
CAUSĀRĪ (Med. Lat. CAUSĀRE)to plead a case; to cause
escausarfrcauseritcausareptcausarrocauzacacausarencause
ACCŪSĀREto call to account
esacusarfraccuseritaccusareptacusarroacuzacaacusarenaccuse
EXCŪSĀREto free from a charge
esexcusarfrexcuseritscusareptescusarroscuzacaexcusarenexcuse