"meal" in sette lingue
Significatomeal
Spagnolo
/koˈmida/
f.altra origine · comer 'to eat' ← Latin COMEDERE 'to eat up'
In Spain also 'lunch', the main meal of the day.
Francese
/ʁəpa/
m.ereditaria
Old French past 'food' (PASTUM), reshaped after repaître 'to feed'.
Italiano
/ˈpasto/
m.ereditaria
Portoghese
/hefejˈsɐ̃w/
f.altra origine · Latin REFECTIŌNEM 'refreshment'
Rumeno
/ˈmasə/
f.altra origine · Latin MĒNSAM 'table'
The same word means 'table': a meal is what is on it.
Catalano
/ˈapət/
m.altra origine · of debated origin
Inglese
/mil/
inglese nativa · Old English mǣl 'set time; meal'
The old sense 'a set time' survives in piecemeal.
Attenzione: falsi amici
masa (Spagnolo) significa “dough; mass” · masă (Rumeno) significa “table; meal”
Coincidence. Romanian masă 'table' is inherited from MĒNSAM, the source of Spanish mesa; Spanish masa is MASSAM 'lump'. Romanian has a second masă 'mass' (physics), borrowed from French masse.
L’antenato latino
PASTUM‘food, fodder (from PĀSCERE 'to graze')’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
French and Italian eat their meals 'at pasture': PASTUS was what grazing animals were fed. English repast is the French word. Spanish simply says 'the eating'.
Parenti inglesi: repast, pasture, pastor
Imparala
In una frase
- esEl desayuno es la comida más importante del día.
- frLe petit-déjeuner est le repas le plus important de la journée.
- itLa colazione è il pasto più importante della giornata.
- ptO café da manhã é a refeição mais importante do dia.
- roMicul dejun este cea mai importantă masă a zilei.
- caL'esmorzar és l'àpat més important del dia.
- enBreakfast is the most important meal of the day.