« to doubt » en sept langues
Sensto doubt
Espagnol
/duˈdaɾ/
héréditaire
Français
/dute/
héréditaire
Se douter de means 'to suspect'.
Italien
/dubiˈtare/
savant
Portugais
/duviˈdah/
héréditaire
Roumain
/ɨndoˈi/
autre source · în- + doi 'two': to be in two minds
Reflexive in this sense: mă îndoiesc 'I doubt'; also 'to fold in two'.
Catalan
/dupˈta/
savant
Anglais
/daʊt/
du latin/français · Old French douter, Latin DUBITĀRE
The silent b was put back by scribes who knew the Latin.
L’ancêtre latin
DUBITĀRE‘to waver, be of two minds (DUO 'two')’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
DUBITĀRE is to waver between two (DUO). Spanish dudar and French douter wore it down, Italian took it back from books, and Romanian rebuilt the idea with its own two: se îndoi.
Parents anglais: dubious, indubitably
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esLo dudo.
- frJ'en doute.
- itNe dubito.
- ptDuvido.
- roMă îndoiesc.
- caHo dubto.
- enI doubt it.