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Sensmeal
Espagnol
/koˈmida/
fém.autre source · comer 'to eat' ← Latin COMEDERE 'to eat up'
In Spain also 'lunch', the main meal of the day.
Français
/ʁəpa/
masc.héréditaire
Old French past 'food' (PASTUM), reshaped after repaître 'to feed'.
Italien
/ˈpasto/
masc.héréditaire
Portugais
/hefejˈsɐ̃w/
fém.autre source · Latin REFECTIŌNEM 'refreshment'
Roumain
/ˈmasə/
fém.autre source · Latin MĒNSAM 'table'
The same word means 'table': a meal is what is on it.
Catalan
/ˈapət/
masc.autre source · of debated origin
Anglais
/mil/
anglais natif · Old English mǣl 'set time; meal'
The old sense 'a set time' survives in piecemeal.
Attention : faux amis
masa (Espagnol) signifie « dough; mass » · masă (Roumain) signifie « table; meal »
Coincidence. Romanian masă 'table' is inherited from MĒNSAM, the source of Spanish mesa; Spanish masa is MASSAM 'lump'. Romanian has a second masă 'mass' (physics), borrowed from French masse.
L’ancêtre latin
PASTUM‘food, fodder (from PĀSCERE 'to graze')’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
French and Italian eat their meals 'at pasture': PASTUS was what grazing animals were fed. English repast is the French word. Spanish simply says 'the eating'.
Parents anglais: repast, pasture, pastor
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esEl desayuno es la comida más importante del día.
- frLe petit-déjeuner est le repas le plus important de la journée.
- itLa colazione è il pasto più importante della giornata.
- ptO café da manhã é a refeição mais importante do dia.
- roMicul dejun este cea mai importantă masă a zilei.
- caL'esmorzar és l'àpat més important del dia.
- enBreakfast is the most important meal of the day.