«to go» en siete lenguas
Significadoto go
Español
/iɾ/
patrimonial
Voy, vas, va come from VĀDERE; fui is borrowed from ser.
Francés
/ale/
otro origen · disputed; most likely Latin AMBULĀRE 'to walk' (via a worn-down *ALLARE)
Je vais is from VĀDERE and j'irai from ĪRE: three Latin verbs in one paradigm.
Italiano
/anˈdare/
otro origen · of disputed origin; often linked to AMBULĀRE or *AMBITĀRE
Vado, vai, va come from VĀDERE.
Portugués
/ih/
patrimonial
Rumano
/ˈmerdʒe/
otro origen · Latin MERGERE 'to dip, sink'
Catalán
/əˈna/
otro origen · of disputed origin; often linked to AMBULĀRE 'to walk'
Inglés
/ɡoʊ/
inglés patrimonial · Old English gān
Cuidado: falsos amigos
merge (Inglés) significa «to combine, join» · merge (Rumano) significa «to go, walk; to work, function»
Both from Latin MERGERE 'to dip, plunge'. Romanian inherited it and moved from 'plunge on' to plain 'go' (merg acasă 'I'm going home'; merge 'it works'); English borrowed it as a legal 'sink into, absorb', hence 'combine'.
El antepasado latino
ĪRE‘to go’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
'To go' is a patchwork in all three: Latin ĪRE was too tiny to stand alone, so the sisters stitched it to VĀDERE 'to stride' and (probably) AMBULĀRE 'to walk'. Spanish kept ĪRE as the infinitive; French keeps it only in the future and conditional (j'irai, j'irais), Italian only in literary ire.
Parientes en inglés: exit, transit, itinerary (ĪRE); amble, ambulance (AMBULĀRE); invade, evade (VĀDERE)
Apréndela
En una frase
- esVamos a la playa.
- frOn va à la plage.
- itAndiamo al mare.
- ptA gente vai à praia.
- roMergem la plajă.
- caAnem a la platja.
- enWe're going to the beach.