"reader" in sette lingue
Significatoreader
Spagnolo
/lekˈtoɾ/
m.dotta
f.: lectora
Francese
/lɛktœʁ/
m.dotta
f.: lectrice
Also a player or drive: un lecteur DVD.
Italiano
/letˈtore/
m.dotta
f.: lettrice
Also a university language assistant.
Portoghese
/lejˈtoh/
m.dotta
The -it- for Latin -ct- matches inherited leitura 'reading', but the word itself is a semi-learned borrowing.
Rumeno
/tʃitiˈtor/
m.altra origine · citi 'to read', from Old Church Slavonic čĭsti
Catalano
/ləkˈto/
m.dotta
Inglese
/ˈɹidɚ/
inglese nativa · Old English rǣdere
L’antenato latino
LECTŌREM‘reader (LEGERE 'to gather, read')’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Latin LEGERE 'to gather, read' is behind the sisters' words; English read is native. Italian turns ct into tt even in book words: lettore, lettura.
Parenti inglesi: lecture, lectern, legible
Imparala
In una frase
- esEs una gran lectora de novelas.
- frC'est une grande lectrice de romans.
- itÈ una grande lettrice di romanzi.
- ptEla é uma grande leitora de romances.
- roEste o mare cititoare de romane.
- caÉs una gran lectora de novel·les.
- enShe's a great reader of novels.
La famiglia latina
LEG-, LĒCT-· gather, read
LEGERE first meant 'to gather, pick', then 'to pick out letters', to read. Both senses survive: leer, lire, leggere for reading, and COLLIGERE 'gather together' in coger, cueillir, cogliere. The lesson family shows a neat doublet: French leçon is inherited, Spanish lección and Italian lezione are learned. Portuguese ler and Catalan llegir read too; Romanian reads with the Slavic citi, but kept the 'gathering' compounds: culege 'to pick' and alege 'to choose'.
LEGEREto gather; to read
esleerfrlireitleggereptlercallegir
LĒCTIŌNEMa reading
eslecciónfrleçonitlezioneptliçãorolecțiecalliçóenlesson
LĒCTŪRAM (Medieval Latin)a reading
eslecturafrlectureitletturaptleiturarolecturăcalecturaenlecture
LĒCTŌREMreader
eslectorfrlecteuritlettoreptleitorrolectorcalectorenlector
COLLIGEREto gather together
escogerfrcueilliritcogliereptcolherroculegecacollirencull
ĒLIGEREto pick out
eselegirfrélireiteleggereptelegerroalegecaelegirenelect