« exit, way out » en sept langues
Sensexit, way out
Espagnol
/saˈlida/
fém.autre source · from salir 'to go out' (Latin SALĪRE 'to jump')
Français
/sɔʁti/
fém.autre source · from sortir 'to go out', of disputed origin (perhaps SORTĪRĪ 'to draw lots')
Italien
/uʃˈʃita/
fém.héréditaire
From uscire, whose u- comes from uscio 'door' (OSTIUM).
Portugais
/saˈidɐ/
fém.autre source · from sair 'to go out' (Latin SALĪRE 'to jump')
Portuguese lost the intervocalic -l-: SALĪRE → sair.
Roumain
/jeˈʃire/
fém.héréditaire
Catalan
/surˈtidə/
fém.autre source · from sortir 'to go out', of disputed origin
Anglais
/ˈɛɡzɪt/
du latin/français · Latin EXITUS
Attention : faux amis
éxito (Espagnol) signifie « success » · exit (Anglais) signifie « way out »
Both from Latin EXITUS 'a going out; outcome'. Spanish took the happy outcome; English kept the door.
L’ancêtre latin
EXĪRE‘to go out’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Only Italian kept Latin's 'go out' — and even it was reshaped after the word for door. Spain jumps out, and France's sortir is still an etymological puzzle.
Parents anglais: exit
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- es¿Dónde está la salida?
- frOù est la sortie ?
- itDov'è l'uscita?
- ptOnde fica a saída?
- roUnde e ieșirea?
- caOn és la sortida?
- enWhere's the exit?