SEPTEM → siete · sept · sette
Five sisters swallowed the p — French only pretends otherwise in spelling — but Romanian kept it: șapte, the same pt it made out of kt in noapte. Spanish and Romanian broke the e even in a closed syllable, something Italian and French never do.
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SEPTEM
‘seven’
Classical Latin
Classical Latin
Classical Latin
Classical Latin
Classical Latin
Classical Latin
Five sisters swallowed the p — French only pretends otherwise in spelling — but Romanian kept it: șapte, the same pt it made out of kt in noapte. Spanish and Romanian broke the e even in a closed syllable, something Italian and French never do.
Le forme sono scritte in AFI, l’Alfabeto Fonetico Internazionale: un simbolo, un suono. Le sillabe toniche sono segnate con ˈ. Le date sono approssimative e indicate solo dove i manuali concordano. 24 viaggi di parole.