« something » en sept langues
Senssomething
Espagnol
/ˈalɡo/
autre source · Latin ALIQUOD 'something'
Français
/kɛlkə ʃoz/
héréditaire
Italien
/kwalˈkɔsa/
héréditaire
Short for qualche cosa.
Portugais
/awˈɡumɐ ˈkojzɐ/
héréditaire
Algo exists too, as in Spanish.
Roumain
/ˈtʃeva/
autre source · ce 'what' + va (from vrea 'to want')
Catalan
/əlˈɡunə ˈkɔzə/
héréditaire
Anglais
/ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
anglais natif · Old English sum þing
L’ancêtre latin
CAUSAM‘cause; (spoken) matter, thing’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
French and Italian say 'some thing' with the heir of CAUSA (chose, cosa), just like English. Spanish kept the Latin pronoun ALIQUOD, worn down to algo.
Parents anglais: cause, because
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esQuiero decirte algo.
- frJe veux te dire quelque chose.
- itVoglio dirti qualcosa.
- ptQuero te contar uma coisa.
- roVreau să-ți spun ceva.
- caEt vull dir una cosa.
- enI want to tell you something.
La famille latine
CAUS-· cause, case
CAUSA 'reason, lawsuit' became the ordinary Romance word for 'thing': cosa, chose, cosa — a 'matter' in the legal sense, generalized. The learned doublet causa, cause kept the original meaning, and the courtroom sense lives on in accuse and excuse. Portuguese coisa (Old Portuguese cousa) and Catalan cosa followed; Romanian says lucru, from LUCRUM 'gain'.
CAUSAMcause; case → thing
escosafrchoseitcosaptcoisacacosa
CAUSAMcause (learned)
escausafrcauseitcausaptcausarocauzăcacausaencause
CAUSĀRĪ (Med. Lat. CAUSĀRE)to plead a case; to cause
escausarfrcauseritcausareptcausarrocauzacacausarencause
ACCŪSĀREto call to account
esacusarfraccuseritaccusareptacusarroacuzacaacusarenaccuse
EXCŪSĀREto free from a charge
esexcusarfrexcuseritscusareptescusarroscuzacaexcusarenexcuse
D’autres mots issus du même latin
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- every, eachcadachaqueognicadafiecarecada
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- since (a time)desdedepuisdadesdedindes de
- duringdurantependantduranteduranteîn timpuldurant
- againde nuevode nouveaudi nuovode novodin noude nou
- someone, somebodyalguienquelqu'unqualcunoalguémcinevaalgú