« forest, wood » en sept langues
Sensforest, wood
Espagnol
/ˈboske/
masc.emprunté · Catalan or Occitan bosc
A dense tropical forest is a selva, from Latin SILVAM.
Français
/fɔʁɛ/
fém.autre source · Medieval Latin (silva) FORESTIS, a royal hunting reserve; origin of forestis debated
French also has bois 'wood', from the same *BOSC- family as bosque and bosco.
Italien
/ˈbɔsko/
masc.héréditaire
Portugais
/floˈɾɛstɐ/
fém.autre source · Old French forest, reshaped after flor 'flower'
A smaller wood is a mata or bosque.
Roumain
/pəˈdure/
fém.autre source · Latin PALŪDEM 'marsh' (inherited)
Catalan
/bɔsk/
masc.héréditaire
Anglais
/ˈfɔɹɪst/
autre source · Old French forest, from Medieval Latin forestis (silva) 'outside (wood)'
L’ancêtre latin
*BOSCUM‘wood, thicket (Late Latin; probably Germanic *busk- 'bush', origin debated)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Latin SILVA largely vanished from everyday speech: Spanish and Italian chose a word that probably meant 'bush', French a legal term for land set apart for the king's hunt.
Parents anglais: forest (from French); bush, bouquet (the *busk- family)
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esFuimos a pasear por el bosque.
- frOn est allés se promener en forêt.
- itSiamo andati a passeggiare nel bosco.
- ptFomos passear na floresta.
- roNe-am plimbat prin pădure.
- caVam anar a passejar pel bosc.
- enWe went for a walk in the forest.