« to want » en sept langues
Sensto want
Espagnol
/keˈɾeɾ/
autre source · Latin QUAERERE 'to seek, ask for'
Also 'to love' a person: te quiero.
Français
/vulwaʁ/
héréditaire
Italien
/voˈlere/
héréditaire
Portugais
/keˈɾeh/
autre source · Latin QUAERERE 'to seek, ask for'
Roumain
/vre̯a/
héréditaire
Catalan
/buˈle/
héréditaire
Anglais
/wɑnt/
anglais natif · Old Norse vanta
Native 'will' (willing) is the true distant cognate of VELLE (PIE *welh₁-).
Attention : faux amis
voler (Français) signifie « to fly; to steal » · voler (Catalan) signifie « to want »
Coincidence. Catalan voler is spoken Latin *VOLĒRE (for VELLE 'to want'), the source of French vouloir; French voler is VOLĀRE 'to fly', and 'to steal' came from the falconer's bird flying off with its prey.
L’ancêtre latin
VELLE (spoken Latin *VOLĒRE)‘to want’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
French and Italian kept Latin's 'will', regularized from VOLO 'I want'. Spanish wants by seeking: querer is QUAERERE 'to look for', the source of English query and quest.
Parents anglais: volition, voluntary, benevolent (VELLE); query, quest, inquire (QUAERERE)
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esQuiero un café.
- frJe veux un café.
- itVoglio un caffè.
- ptQuero um café.
- roVreau o cafea.
- caVull un cafè.
- enI want a coffee.