« to write » en sept langues
Sensto write
Espagnol
/eskɾiˈbiɾ/
héréditaire
Français
/ekʁiʁ/
héréditaire
Italien
/ˈskrivere/
héréditaire
Portugais
/eskɾeˈveh/
héréditaire
Roumain
/ˈskrie/
héréditaire
Catalan
/əsˈkɾiwɾə/
héréditaire
Anglais
/ɹaɪt/
anglais natif · Old English wrītan
L’ancêtre latin
SCRĪBERE‘to write’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
A textbook s-impura: Latin SC- got a helping vowel in Spanish (es-) and French (é-, from es- with the s dropped), while Italian starts straight on s.
Parents anglais: scribe, script, describe, manuscript, scribble
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esEscríbeme pronto.
- frÉcris-moi vite.
- itScrivimi presto.
- ptMe escreve logo.
- roScrie-mi curând.
- caEscriu-me aviat.
- enWrite to me soon.
La famille latine
SCRĪB-, SCRĪPT-· write
Initial SC- grew a prop vowel in Spanish (escribir) and French (Old French escrire → écrire), which later dropped the s and left an accent behind. Italian kept the cluster: scrivere, scritto. In this family even the inherited forms look close to Latin, because -PT- simply became -t- or -tt-. Portuguese escrever and Catalan escriure took the prop vowel too; Romanian scrie, like Italian, kept the bare cluster.
SCRĪBEREto write
esescribirfrécrireitscrivereptescreverroscriecaescriure
SCRĪPTUMwritten; a writing
esescritofrécrititscrittoptescritocaescritenscript
SCRĪPTŪRAMwriting
esescriturafrécritureitscritturaptescrituraroscripturăcaescripturaenscripture
DĒSCRĪBEREto write down, describe
esdescribirfrdécrireitdescrivereptdescreverrodescriecadescriureendescribe
SCRĪBAMclerk, scribe
esescribafrscribeitscribaptescribaroscribcaescribaenscribe
MANŪSCRĪPTUM (Medieval Latin)written by hand
esmanuscritofrmanuscrititmanoscrittoptmanuscritoromanuscriscamanuscritenmanuscript