« to operate (on a patient) » en sept langues
Sensto operate (on a patient)
Espagnol
/opeˈɾaɾ/
savant
Spanish also has the inherited doublet obrar 'to act, to work'.
Français
/opeʁe/
savant
Italien
/opeˈrare/
savant
Portugais
/opeˈɾah/
savant
Roumain
/opeˈra/
savant
Catalan
/upəˈɾa/
savant
Anglais
/ˈɑpəɹeɪt/
du latin/français · Latin OPERĀRĪ
L’ancêtre latin
OPERĀRĪ‘to work (from OPUS 'work')’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
OPERĀRĪ just meant 'to work'. In the sisters the patient is a direct object (operar a alguien, opérer quelqu'un, operare qualcuno), and 'to have an operation' is operarse, se faire opérer, farsi operare.
Parents anglais: operation, opera, opus, cooperate
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esLo operan mañana.
- frIl se fait opérer demain.
- itLo operano domani.
- ptVão operá-lo amanhã.
- roÎl operează mâine.
- caL'operen demà.
- enThey're operating on him tomorrow.
La famille latine
OPUS, OPER-· work
Latin had both OPUS 'a work' and OPERA 'effort, labour'; the sisters inherited the second: obra, œuvre, opera. Spanish shows the popular P → b (obrar, obrero) against the learned operar, operación, and Italian's sung opera is simply 'the work'. Portuguese and Catalan obra are inherited as well; Romanian borrowed operă from the learned side.
OPERAMeffort, work
esobrafrœuvreitoperaptobrarooperăcaobraenopera
OPERĀRIUMworkman
esobrerofrouvrieritoperaioptoperáriocaobrer
OPERĀRĪto work
esoperarfropéreritoperareptoperarrooperacaoperarenoperate
OPERĀTIŌNEMa working
esoperaciónfropérationitoperazioneptoperaçãorooperațiecaoperacióenoperation
*MANUOPERAhandwork
esmaniobrafrmanœuvreitmanovraptmanobraromanevrăcamaniobraenmanoeuvre