« to look (at) » en sept langues
Sensto look (at)
Espagnol
/miˈɾaɾ/
autre source · Latin MĪRĀRĪ 'to wonder at'
Français
/ʁəɡaʁde/
héréditaire
re- + garder 'to watch over, keep'.
Italien
/ɡwarˈdare/
héréditaire
Portugais
/oˈʎah/
autre source · Portuguese olho 'eye' (Latin OCULUM) + -ar
Roumain
/ujˈta/
autre source · Latin *OBLĪTĀRE 'to forget'
Reflexive se uita is 'to look'; plain uita still means 'to forget'.
Catalan
/miˈɾa/
autre source · Latin MĪRĀRĪ 'to wonder at'
Anglais
/lʊk/
anglais natif · Old English lōcian
Attention : faux amis
guardar (Espagnol) signifie « to keep, put away » · guardare (Italien) signifie « to look at, watch »
Both from Germanic *wardōn 'to watch over' (English ward, guard). Italian kept the watching; Spanish, like French garder, the keeping.
L’ancêtre
Frankish *wardōn‘to watch, guard’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
French and Italian look with a Germanic 'watch out' verb, Germanic w- turning into g(u)-. Spanish guardar exists but means 'to keep'; Spanish looks with mirar, from 'to marvel at' (whence English 'mirror' and 'miracle').
Parents anglais: regard, guard (both via French)
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- es¡Mira el cielo!
- frRegarde le ciel !
- itGuarda il cielo!
- ptOlha o céu!
- roUită-te la cer!
- caMira el cel!
- enLook at the sky!
D’autres mots issus du même latin
Plus de mots : Verbes essentiels
- to useusarutiliserusareusarfolosifer servir
- must, to have todeberdevoirdoveredevertrebuihaver de
- to showmostrarmontrermostraremostrararătaensenyar
- to let, to allow; to leavedejarlaisserlasciaredeixarlăsadeixar
- to start, to beginempezarcommencercominciarecomeçarîncepecomençar
- to changecambiarchangercambiaremudarschimbacanviar