«to choose» en siete lenguas
Significadoto choose
Español
/eleˈxiɾ/
cultismo
Also escoger, from spoken *EXCOLLIGERE.
Francés
/ʃwaziʁ/
otro origen · Gothic kausjan 'to taste, test'
Italiano
/ˈʃeʎʎere/
otro origen · Vulgar Latin *EXĒLIGERE 'to pick out', from ĒLIGERE
Portugués
/iskoˈʎeh/
otro origen · Vulgar Latin *EXCOLLIGERE 'to pick out' (COLLIGERE 'to gather')
Rumano
/aˈledʒe/
patrimonial
Catalán
/tɾiˈa/
otro origen · of uncertain origin
Escollir, the twin of Portuguese escolher, is used too.
Inglés
/tʃuz/
inglés patrimonial · Old English cēosan
Choose and French choisir go back to the same Germanic root.
El antepasado latino
ĒLIGERE‘to pick out (Ē + LEGERE 'to gather')’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
Spanish took ĒLIGERE from written Latin; Italian scegliere grew from a prefixed spoken form. French went Germanic: choisir is from Gothic, a cousin of English choose.
Parientes en inglés: elect, election, elite, elegant
Apréndela
En una frase
- esElige un color.
- frChoisis une couleur.
- itScegli un colore.
- ptEscolha uma cor.
- roAlege o culoare.
- caTria un color.
- enChoose a colour.
La familia latina
LEG-, LĒCT-· gather, read
LEGERE first meant 'to gather, pick', then 'to pick out letters', to read. Both senses survive: leer, lire, leggere for reading, and COLLIGERE 'gather together' in coger, cueillir, cogliere. The lesson family shows a neat doublet: French leçon is inherited, Spanish lección and Italian lezione are learned. Portuguese ler and Catalan llegir read too; Romanian reads with the Slavic citi, but kept the 'gathering' compounds: culege 'to pick' and alege 'to choose'.
LEGEREto gather; to read
esleerfrlireitleggereptlercallegir
LĒCTIŌNEMa reading
eslecciónfrleçonitlezioneptliçãorolecțiecalliçóenlesson
LĒCTŪRAM (Medieval Latin)a reading
eslecturafrlectureitletturaptleiturarolecturăcalecturaenlecture
LĒCTŌREMreader
eslectorfrlecteuritlettoreptleitorrolectorcalectorenlector
COLLIGEREto gather together
escogerfrcueilliritcogliereptcolherroculegecacollirencull
ĒLIGEREto pick out
eselegirfrélireiteleggereptelegerroalegecaelegirenelect
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