«midnight» en siete lenguas
Significadomidnight
Español
/medjaˈnotʃe/
f.patrimonial
Francés
/minɥi/
m.patrimonial
Masculine, although nuit is feminine: le minuit was once 'the mid of the night'.
Italiano
/meddzaˈnɔtte/
f.patrimonial
Portugués
/ˈmejɐ ˈnojtʃi/
f.patrimonial
Rumano
/mjez de ˈno̯apte/
neutropatrimonial
Literally 'core of the night': miez ← MEDIUM, noapte ← NOCTEM with -CT- → -pt-; usually la miezul nopții.
Catalán
/midʒəˈnit/
f.patrimonial
Inglés
/ˈmɪdnaɪt/
pariente indoeuropeo · PIE *médʰyos 'middle' + *nókʷts 'night'
El antepasado latino
MEDIAM NOCTEM‘the middle of the night’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
Three ways to say 'mid-night', each with its own CT: noche, nuit, notte. French shrank MEDIUM to mi- (as in midi 'noon'); English mid and night are the Germanic cousins of both halves.
Parientes en inglés: medium, median, nocturnal
Leyes fonéticas en acción
Apréndela
En una frase
- esEl tren llega a medianoche.
- frLe train arrive à minuit.
- itIl treno arriva a mezzanotte.
- ptO trem chega à meia-noite.
- roTrenul sosește la miezul nopții.
- caEl tren arriba a mitjanit.
- enThe train arrives at midnight.
La familia latina
NOX, NOCT-· night
NOCTEM shows the three outcomes of Latin -CT- in one word: Spanish ch (noche), French it (nuit), Italian tt (notte). The learned words keep -ct- intact. English night is a Germanic distant cognate from the same Indo-European root, not a borrowing. Add the newer sisters and there is a fourth: Portuguese noite and Catalan nit side with French, while Romanian noapte has the Eastern -pt-.
NOCTEMnight
esnochefrnuititnotteptnoiteronoaptecanit
NOCTURNUMof the night
esnocturnofrnocturneitnotturnoptnoturnoronocturncanocturnennocturnal
MEDIAM NOCTEMmiddle of the night
esmedianochefrminuititmezzanotteptmeia-noiteromiezul nopțiicamitjanit
AEQUINOCTIUMequal night
esequinocciofréquinoxeitequinozioptequinócioroechinocțiucaequinoccienequinox