"grandfather" in sette lingue
Significatograndfather
Spagnolo
/aˈbwelo/
m.altra origine · Vulgar Latin *AVIOLUM, diminutive of AVUS 'grandfather'
Francese
/gʁɑ̃pɛʁ/
m.altra origine · grand 'great' + père (Latin PATREM)
Italiano
/ˈnɔnno/
m.altra origine · Late Latin NONNUM 'tutor, elder monk', a nursery word
Portoghese
/aˈvo/
m.altra origine · spoken Latin *AVIOLUM 'little grandfather' (from AVUS)
Rumeno
/buˈnik/
m.altra origine · bun 'good' (Latin BONUM) + the suffix -ic
Catalano
/ˈabi/
m.altra origine · Latin AVUM 'grandfather'
Inglese
/ˈgɹænfɑðɚ/
altra origine · Anglo-French grand- + Old English fæder
La storia
Latin AVUS survives only in Spanish, through the diminutive *AVIOLUS 'little grandpa', whose open o became ue. French says 'great-father' — the model for English grandfather — and Italian took up the nursery word nonno.
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Imparala
In una frase
- esMi abuelo tiene ochenta años.
- frMon grand-père a quatre-vingts ans.
- itMio nonno ha ottant'anni.
- ptMeu avô tem oitenta anos.
- roBunicul meu are optzeci de ani.
- caEl meu avi té vuitanta anys.
- enMy grandfather is eighty.