«to read» en siete lenguas
Significadoto read
Español
/leˈeɾ/
patrimonial
Francés
/liʁ/
patrimonial
Italiano
/ˈlɛddʒere/
patrimonial
Portugués
/leh/
patrimonial
Rumano
/tʃiˈti/
otro origen · Slavic čisti, čĭtǫ 'to count, read'
Catalán
/ʎəˈʒi/
patrimonial
Inglés
/ɹid/
inglés patrimonial · Old English rǣdan
El antepasado latino
LEGERE‘to gather, pick out; to read’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
To read was to gather: LEGERE first meant picking up, then picking out letters. Italian keeps the g; Spanish lost it (leer) and French shrank the word to lire.
Parientes en inglés: lecture, legible, lectern, legend
Apréndela
En una frase
- esLeo antes de dormir.
- frJe lis avant de dormir.
- itLeggo prima di dormire.
- ptLeio antes de dormir.
- roCitesc înainte de culcare.
- caLlegeixo abans d'anar a dormir.
- enI read before going to sleep.
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