«to think» en siete lenguas
Significadoto think
Español
/penˈsaɾ/
cultismo
Semi-learned, yet it diphthongizes like an old word: pienso, piensas.
Francés
/pɑ̃se/
cultismo
Italiano
/penˈsare/
cultismo
Portugués
/pẽˈsah/
cultismo
The inherited doublet is pesar 'to weigh'.
Rumano
/ɡɨnˈdi/
otro origen · Hungarian gond 'care, worry'
Catalán
/pənˈsa/
cultismo
Inglés
/θɪŋk/
inglés patrimonial · Old English þencan
El antepasado latino
PĒNSĀRE‘to weigh, ponder’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
Thinking was weighing. The inherited heirs of PĒNSĀRE lost the n and still mean 'to weigh' (pesar, peser, pesare); pensar, penser and pensare are the semi-learned doublets that kept it.
Parientes en inglés: pensive, pension, compensate, expensive
Apréndela
En una frase
- es¿Qué piensas?
- frQu'est-ce que tu en penses ?
- itCosa ne pensi?
- ptO que você pensa disso?
- roTu ce crezi?
- caQuè en penses?
- enWhat do you think?
La familia latina
PEND-, PENS-· hang, weigh
PENSĀRE 'to weigh' already lost its n in spoken Latin (NS → S, as in MĒNSA → mesa), giving the inherited pesar, peser, pesare 'to weigh'. The Church and the schools kept the full form for 'weighing things in the mind', and pensar, penser, pensare 'to think' are that learned branch. French even has a third doublet: panser 'to dress (a wound)', originally just a spelling of penser 'to take care of'. Portuguese and Catalan keep both doublets (pesar beside pensar). Romanian kept only the worn-down one, as păsa 'to matter' (nu-mi pasă 'I don't care'), and thinks with gândi, a Hungarian loan.
PENSĀREto weigh
espesarfrpeseritpesareptpesarropăsacapesar
PENSĀREto weigh in the mind, think
espensarfrpenseritpensareptpensarcapensar
PENSUMa weight (of wool)
espesofrpoidsitpesoptpesocapesenpoise
PENSIŌNEMa payment (weighed out)
espensiónfrpensionitpensioneptpensãoropensiecapensióenpension
COMPENSĀREto weigh one thing against another
escompensarfrcompenseritcompensareptcompensarrocompensacacompensarencompensate
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