« to guess » en sept langues
Sensto guess
Espagnol
/adibiˈnaɾ/
héréditaire
With the prefix a-; an adivino is a fortune-teller.
Français
/dəvine/
héréditaire
From spoken Latin *DĒVĪNĀRE, DĪVĪNĀRE with its prefix swapped.
Italien
/indoviˈnare/
héréditaire
With the prefix in-; an indovino is a fortune-teller.
Portugais
/adʒiviˈɲah/
héréditaire
Roumain
/ɡiˈtʃi/
autre source · of uncertain origin
Catalan
/əndəbiˈna/
héréditaire
Anglais
/ɡɛs/
anglais natif · Middle English gessen, probably from Scandinavian or Low German
L’ancêtre latin
DĪVĪNĀRE‘to foresee, prophesy’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
In all three, to guess is to play the soothsayer. Each one stuck a different prefix on DĪVĪNĀRE (a-, de-, in-), so it's the -vin- in the middle that matches up.
Parents anglais: divine, divination
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- es¡Adivina a quién vi ayer!
- frDevine qui j'ai vu hier !
- itIndovina chi ho visto ieri!
- ptAdivinha quem eu vi ontem!
- roGhici pe cine am văzut ieri!
- caEndevina qui vaig veure ahir!
- enGuess who I saw yesterday!
Plus de mots : Verbes essentiels
- to receiverecibirrecevoirriceverereceberprimirebre
- to sendenviarenvoyermandaremandartrimiteenviar
- to be worthvalervaloirvalerevalermeritavaler
- to provide, to supplyproporcionarfournirfornireforneceroferiproporcionar
- to followseguirsuivreseguireseguirurmaseguir
- to save (to rescue)salvarsauversalvaresalvarsalvasalvar