« grandfather » en sept langues
Sensgrandfather
Espagnol
/aˈbwelo/
masc.autre source · Vulgar Latin *AVIOLUM, diminutive of AVUS 'grandfather'
Français
/gʁɑ̃pɛʁ/
masc.autre source · grand 'great' + père (Latin PATREM)
Italien
/ˈnɔnno/
masc.autre source · Late Latin NONNUM 'tutor, elder monk', a nursery word
Portugais
/aˈvo/
masc.autre source · spoken Latin *AVIOLUM 'little grandfather' (from AVUS)
Roumain
/buˈnik/
masc.autre source · bun 'good' (Latin BONUM) + the suffix -ic
Catalan
/ˈabi/
masc.autre source · Latin AVUM 'grandfather'
Anglais
/ˈgɹænfɑðɚ/
autre source · Anglo-French grand- + Old English fæder
L’histoire
Latin AVUS survives only in Spanish, through the diminutive *AVIOLUS 'little grandpa', whose open o became ue. French says 'great-father' — the model for English grandfather — and Italian took up the nursery word nonno.
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esMi abuelo tiene ochenta años.
- frMon grand-père a quatre-vingts ans.
- itMio nonno ha ottant'anni.
- ptMeu avô tem oitenta anos.
- roBunicul meu are optzeci de ani.
- caEl meu avi té vuitanta anys.
- enMy grandfather is eighty.