«thing» en siete lenguas
Significadothing
Español
/ˈkosa/
f.patrimonial
Francés
/ʃoz/
f.patrimonial
Italiano
/ˈkɔsa/
f.patrimonial
Portugués
/ˈkojzɐ/
f.patrimonial
AU became ou/oi in Portuguese: CAUSAM → cousa, now coisa.
Rumano
/ˈlukru/
neutrootro origen · Latin LUCRUM 'gain, profit'
plural: lucruri
CAUSA survives in Romanian only as learned cauză 'cause'.
Catalán
/ˈkɔzə/
f.patrimonial
Inglés
/θɪŋ/
inglés patrimonial · Old English þing
El antepasado latino
CAUSAM‘cause; legal case, matter’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
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'.
Parientes en inglés: cause, because, accuse
Leyes fonéticas en acción
Apréndela
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 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