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Sensfor
Espagnol
/ˈpaɾa/
héréditaire
From Old Spanish pora, PRŌ + AD. Its partner por (also from PRŌ, crossed with PER) covers cause and route.
Français
/puʁ/
héréditaire
Italien
/per/
autre source · Latin PER 'through'
Per covers both 'for' and 'through, by'.
Portugais
/ˈpaɾɐ/
autre source · Latin PER AD 'through to' (Old Portuguese pera)
In speech often shortened to pra.
Roumain
/ˈpentru/
autre source · Latin PER INTRŌ 'through inside'
Catalan
/pər ə/
autre source · Latin PER 'through' + AD 'to'
Anglais
/fɔɹ/
parenté indo-européenne · PIE *per- (*pro)
L’ancêtre latin
PRŌ‘for, on behalf of’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Spanish divides the work between para (purpose, destination) and por (cause, route), a famous headache. French uses pour and par; Italian folds everything into per.
Parents anglais: pro (pros and cons), pro-
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esEsto es para ti.
- frC'est pour toi.
- itQuesto è per te.
- ptIsto é para você.
- roAsta e pentru tine.
- caAixò és per a tu.
- enThis is for you.