"mirror" in sette lingue
Significatomirror
Spagnolo
/esˈpexo/
m.ereditaria
Francese
/miʁwaʁ/
m.altra origine · derived from mirer 'to look at' (Latin MĪRĀRĪ 'to wonder at')
Italiano
/ˈspɛkkjo/
m.ereditaria
lo specchio
Portoghese
/isˈpeʎu/
m.ereditaria
Rumeno
/oˈglində/
f.altra origine · Slavic (cf. Old Church Slavonic ogledati 'to look at')
Catalano
/miˈɾaʎ/
m.altra origine · Latin MĪRĀCULUM 'marvel' (from MĪRĀRĪ)
Inglese
/ˈmɪɹɚ/
altra origine · Old French mireor (Latin MĪRĀRĪ)
L’antenato latino
SPECULUM‘mirror (from SPECERE 'to look')’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
SPECULUM follows the same path as OCULUM: espejo like ojo, specchio like occhio. French took a fresh word from 'gazing', which English borrowed as mirror.
Parenti inglesi: speculum, speculate; mirror, admire, miracle (MĪRĀRĪ)
Leggi fonetiche all’opera
Imparala
In una frase
- esSe mira en el espejo.
- frElle se regarde dans le miroir.
- itSi guarda allo specchio.
- ptEla se olha no espelho.
- roSe uită în oglindă.
- caEs mira al mirall.
- enShe looks at herself in the mirror.
La famiglia latina
SPEC-, SPECT-· look
SPECIĒS 'appearance, kind' split into a popular 'spice' (goods sorted by kind: especia, épice, spezie) and a learned 'species' (especie, espèce, specie). RESPECTUS 'a looking back' did the same: learned respect beside French répit and English respite, 'a second look, a delay'. Portuguese espelho 'mirror' and respeito show the popular branch too.
SPECIEMkind → wares, spice
esespeciafrépiceitspezieptespeciariacaespèciaenspice
SPECIEMkind, species (learned)
esespeciefrespèceitspecieptespécierospeciecaespècieenspecies
SPECULUMmirror
esespejoitspecchioptespelhoenspeculum
RESPECTUMa looking back, regard
esrespetofrrespectitrispettoptrespeitororespectcarespecteenrespect
SPECTĀCULUMa show
esespectáculofrspectacleitspettacoloptespetáculorospectacolcaespectacleenspectacle