«to see» en siete lenguas
Significadoto see
Español
/beɾ/
patrimonial
Old Spanish veer, contracted.
Francés
/vwaʁ/
patrimonial
Italiano
/veˈdere/
patrimonial
Portugués
/veh/
patrimonial
Rumano
/veˈde̯a/
patrimonial
Catalán
/ˈbɛwɾə/
patrimonial
Inglés
/si/
inglés patrimonial · Old English sēon
Native 'wit' and 'wise' are the distant cognates of VIDĒRE (PIE *weyd-).
El antepasado latino
VIDĒRE‘to see’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
Italian keeps the whole Latin word; Spanish and French lost the d between vowels and squeezed it to one syllable. Spanish ver is pronounced with a b, since b and v merged.
Parientes en inglés: video, vision, evident, provide, view (via French)
Leyes fonéticas en acción
Apréndela
En una frase
- esNo veo nada.
- frJe ne vois rien.
- itNon vedo niente.
- ptNão estou vendo nada.
- roNu văd nimic.
- caNo hi veig res.
- enI can't see anything.
La familia latina
VID-, VĪS-· see
VIDĒRE lost its middle in Spanish (Old Spanish veer → ver) and French (voir) but kept it in Italian vedere. The sisters built new spoken participles — *VĪSTA behind vista, *VIDŪTA behind French vue — while classical VĪSUM fed the learned words. Catalan veure turned the d into u; Romanian vedea kept it, like Italian.
VIDĒREto see
esverfrvoiritvedereptverrovedeacaveure
*VĪSTAMsight (spoken-Latin participle)
esvistafrvueitvistaptvistacavistaenvista
VĪSIŌNEMsight, vision
esvisiónfrvisionitvisioneptvisãoroviziunecavisióenvision
VĪSITĀREto go to see
esvisitarfrvisiteritvisitareptvisitarrovizitacavisitarenvisit
PROVIDĒREto foresee, provide for
esproveerfrpourvoiritprovvedereptprovercaproveirenprovide
ĒVIDENTEMplain to see
esevidentefrévidentitevidenteptevidenteroevidentcaevidentenevident