«to think» en set llengües
Significatto think
Espanyol
/penˈsaɾ/
cultisme
Semi-learned, yet it diphthongizes like an old word: pienso, piensas.
Francès
/pɑ̃se/
cultisme
Italià
/penˈsare/
cultisme
Portuguès
/pẽˈsah/
cultisme
The inherited doublet is pesar 'to weigh'.
Romanès
/ɡɨnˈdi/
un altre origen · Hungarian gond 'care, worry'
Català
/pənˈsa/
cultisme
Anglès
/θɪŋk/
anglès patrimonial · Old English þencan
L’avantpassat llatí
PĒNSĀRE‘to weigh, ponder’
Les sis germanes en descendeixen, tret que s’indiqui el contrari a continuació.
La història
Thinking was weighing. The inherited heirs of PĒNSĀRE lost the n and still mean 'to weigh' (pesar, peser, pesare); pensar, penser and pensare are the semi-learned doublets that kept it.
Parents en anglès: pensive, pension, compensate, expensive
Aprèn-la
En una frase
- es¿Qué piensas?
- frQu'est-ce que tu en penses ?
- itCosa ne pensi?
- ptO que você pensa disso?
- roTu ce crezi?
- caQuè en penses?
- enWhat do you think?
La família llatina
PEND-, PENS-· hang, weigh
PENSĀRE 'to weigh' already lost its n in spoken Latin (NS → S, as in MĒNSA → mesa), giving the inherited pesar, peser, pesare 'to weigh'. The Church and the schools kept the full form for 'weighing things in the mind', and pensar, penser, pensare 'to think' are that learned branch. French even has a third doublet: panser 'to dress (a wound)', originally just a spelling of penser 'to take care of'. Portuguese and Catalan keep both doublets (pesar beside pensar). Romanian kept only the worn-down one, as păsa 'to matter' (nu-mi pasă 'I don't care'), and thinks with gândi, a Hungarian loan.
PENSĀREto weigh
espesarfrpeseritpesareptpesarropăsacapesar
PENSĀREto weigh in the mind, think
espensarfrpenseritpensareptpensarcapensar
PENSUMa weight (of wool)
espesofrpoidsitpesoptpesocapesenpoise
PENSIŌNEMa payment (weighed out)
espensiónfrpensionitpensioneptpensãoropensiecapensióenpension
COMPENSĀREto weigh one thing against another
escompensarfrcompenseritcompensareptcompensarrocompensacacompensarencompensate
Més paraules del mateix ètim llatí
Més a «Verbs bàsics»
- to neednecesitaravoir besoin (de)avere bisogno (di)precisaravea nevoie (de)necessitar
- to get, to obtainobtenerobtenirottenereobterobțineobtenir
- to look (at)mirarregarderguardareolharuita (se)mirar
- to useusarutiliserusareusarfolosifer servir
- must, to have todeberdevoirdoveredevertrebuihaver de
- to showmostrarmontrermostraremostrararătaensenyar