«to elect» en siete lenguas
Significadoto elect
Español
/eleˈxiɾ/
cultismo
Also the everyday 'to choose'.
Francés
/eliʁ/
patrimonial
Only for votes; 'to choose' is choisir.
Italiano
/eˈlɛddʒere/
patrimonial
Conjugated like leggere: eletto 'elected'.
Portugués
/eleˈʒeh/
cultismo
Learned: inherited Portuguese drops a single -l- between vowels (DOLŌREM → dor), and eleger keeps it.
Rumano
/aˈledʒe/
patrimonial
Alege is also everyday 'to choose'.
Catalán
/ələˈʒi/
cultismo
For everyday 'to choose' Catalan says escollir.
Inglés
/ɪˈlɛkt/
del latín/francés · Latin ēlēctus
El antepasado latino
ĒLIGERE‘to pick out’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
ĒLIGERE is 'to pick out' (LEGERE 'to gather, to read'), so French and Italian conjugate it like their verbs for reading (lire, leggere). Spanish elegir is the learned form and serves for any choice.
Parientes en inglés: election, elite, select, elegant
Leyes fonéticas en acción
Apréndela
En una frase
- esEligieron a un nuevo presidente.
- frIls ont élu un nouveau président.
- itHanno eletto un nuovo presidente.
- ptElegeram um novo presidente.
- roAu ales un nou președinte.
- caVan elegir un nou president.
- enThey elected a new president.
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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