« mother » en sept langues
Sensmother
Espagnol
/ˈmadɾe/
fém.héréditaire
Français
/mɛʁ/
fém.héréditaire
Italien
/ˈmadre/
fém.héréditaire
Portugais
/mɐ̃j/
fém.héréditaire
The t of MĀTREM went all the way to nothing, as in French, leaving a nasal diphthong.
Roumain
/ˈmamə/
fém.autre source · nursery word (Latin had MAMMA)
Romanian lost MĀTER; the old maică survives in religious and rural speech.
Catalan
/ˈmaɾə/
fém.héréditaire
The t softened to d and then vanished, leaving a single r.
Anglais
/ˈmʌðɚ/
parenté indo-européenne · PIE *méh₂tēr
Attention : faux amis
mare (Italien) signifie « sea » · mare (Catalan) signifie « mother »
Coincidence. Catalan mare is MĀTREM worn down (as pare is PATREM); Italian mare is Latin MARE 'sea'. Romanian mare is 'sea' too — and also 'big'.
L’ancêtre latin
MĀTREM‘mother’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
The t of MĀTREM softened to d in Spanish and Italian and vanished in French, where the free a also became è. Learned cognates keep the t: maternal, materno, maternel.
Parents anglais: maternal, matrix, matron
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esMi madre es profesora.
- frMa mère est professeure.
- itMia madre è insegnante.
- ptMinha mãe é professora.
- roMama mea e profesoară.
- caLa meva mare és mestra.
- enMy mother is a teacher.