«thing» en set llengües
Significatthing
Espanyol
/ˈkosa/
f.patrimonial
Francès
/ʃoz/
f.patrimonial
Italià
/ˈkɔsa/
f.patrimonial
Portuguès
/ˈkojzɐ/
f.patrimonial
AU became ou/oi in Portuguese: CAUSAM → cousa, now coisa.
Romanès
/ˈlukru/
neutreun altre origen · Latin LUCRUM 'gain, profit'
plural: lucruri
CAUSA survives in Romanian only as learned cauză 'cause'.
Català
/ˈkɔzə/
f.patrimonial
Anglès
/θɪŋ/
anglès patrimonial · Old English þing
L’avantpassat llatí
CAUSAM‘cause; legal case, matter’
Les sis germanes en descendeixen, tret que s’indiqui el contrari a continuació.
La història
A legal 'case' became any 'thing'. AU shrank to o everywhere and French turned ca- into cha- → cho-. The learned doublet causa / cause / causa kept the old meaning — and English 'because' is 'by cause'.
Parents en anglès: cause, because, accuse
Lleis fonètiques en acció
Aprèn-la
En una frase
- esTengo que decirte una cosa.
- frJe dois te dire quelque chose.
- itDevo dirti una cosa.
- ptPreciso te contar uma coisa.
- roTrebuie să-ți spun ceva.
- caT'he de dir una cosa.
- enI have to tell you something.
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