«mother» en siete lenguas
Significadomother
Español
/ˈmadɾe/
f.patrimonial
Francés
/mɛʁ/
f.patrimonial
Italiano
/ˈmadre/
f.patrimonial
Portugués
/mɐ̃j/
f.patrimonial
The t of MĀTREM went all the way to nothing, as in French, leaving a nasal diphthong.
Rumano
/ˈmamə/
f.otro origen · nursery word (Latin had MAMMA)
Romanian lost MĀTER; the old maică survives in religious and rural speech.
Catalán
/ˈmaɾə/
f.patrimonial
The t softened to d and then vanished, leaving a single r.
Inglés
/ˈmʌðɚ/
pariente indoeuropeo · PIE *méh₂tēr
Cuidado: falsos amigos
mare (Italiano) significa «sea» · mare (Catalán) significa «mother»
Coincidence. Catalan mare is MĀTREM worn down (as pare is PATREM); Italian mare is Latin MARE 'sea'. Romanian mare is 'sea' too — and also 'big'.
El antepasado latino
MĀTREM‘mother’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
The t of MĀTREM softened to d in Spanish and Italian and vanished in French, where the free a also became è. Learned cognates keep the t: maternal, materno, maternel.
Parientes en inglés: maternal, matrix, matron
Leyes fonéticas en acción
Apréndela
En una frase
- esMi madre es profesora.
- frMa mère est professeure.
- itMia madre è insegnante.
- ptMinha mãe é professora.
- roMama mea e profesoară.
- caLa meva mare és mestra.
- enMy mother is a teacher.