«cause» en siete lenguas
Significadocause
Español
/ˈkawsa/
f.cultismo
Francés
/koz/
f.cultismo
À cause de means 'because of'.
Italiano
/ˈkauza/
f.cultismo
Portugués
/ˈkawzɐ/
f.cultismo
The inherited CAUSAM is coisa 'thing'.
Rumano
/ˈkawzə/
f.cultismo
Catalán
/ˈkawzə/
f.cultismo
The inherited CAUSAM is cosa 'thing'.
Inglés
/kɔz/
del latín/francés · Old French cause, from Latin
El antepasado latino
CAUSAM‘reason; lawsuit’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
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.
Parientes en inglés: because, accuse, excuse
Apréndela
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 familia latina
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