« east » en sept langues
Senseast
Espagnol
/ˈeste/
masc.emprunté · French est
Français
/ɛst/
masc.emprunté · Old English ēast (12th c.)
Italien
/ɛst/
masc.emprunté · French est
Portugais
/ˈlɛstʃi/
masc.emprunté · probably French l'est, with the article fused on
Roumain
/est/
neutreemprunté · French est
Catalan
/ɛst/
masc.emprunté · French est
Llevant 'where the sun rises' is the traditional word.
Anglais
/ist/
du latin/français · Old English ēast (English itself is the source)
Its Indo-European root *h₂ews- 'dawn' also gave Latin AURŌRA.
L’ancêtre
Old English ēast‘east, where the dawn is’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
This time the borrowing went the other way: the sisters took their compass point from English, by way of French. The old Latin word is still around as oriente / orient / oriente, 'where the sun rises'.
Parents anglais: Easter (same root)
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esEl sol sale por el este.
- frLe soleil se lève à l'est.
- itIl sole sorge a est.
- ptO sol nasce no leste.
- roSoarele răsare la est.
- caEl sol surt per l'est.
- enThe sun rises in the east.