« pillow » en sept langues
Senspillow
Espagnol
/almoˈada/
fém.autre source · Andalusian Arabic al-muḫádda, from ḫadd 'cheek'
Français
/ɔʁeje/
masc.autre source · derived from oreille 'ear' (Latin AURICULAM)
Italien
/kuʃˈʃino/
masc.emprunté · Old French coissin
Also guanciale, from guancia 'cheek' — the same idea as the Arabic.
Portugais
/tɾaveˈsejɾu/
masc.autre source · Portuguese travesso 'crosswise' (Latin TRANSVERSUM)
Roumain
/ˈpernə/
fém.autre source · Slavic, from a word for 'feather' (cf. Old Church Slavonic pero)
Catalan
/kuˈʃi/
masc.héréditaire
Anglais
/ˈpɪloʊ/
autre source · Old English pyle (an early loan from Latin PULVĪNUM)
L’ancêtre latin
*COXĪNUM‘cushion (from COXA 'hip')’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
The pillow is named after the body part it holds: the cheek in Arabic (and Italian guanciale), the ear in French, the hip for the cushion.
Parents anglais: cushion (via French coussin)