"to eat" in sette lingue
Significatoto eat
Spagnolo
/koˈmeɾ/
ereditaria
From COMEDERE 'to eat up' — Latin with a prefix.
Francese
/mɑ̃ʒe/
altra origine · Latin MANDŪCĀRE 'to chew, munch'
Italiano
/manˈdʒare/
altra origine · Old French manjier, from Latin MANDŪCĀRE
Portoghese
/koˈmeh/
ereditaria
Rumeno
/mɨnˈka/
altra origine · Latin MANDŪCĀRE 'to chew, munch'
Romanian inherited MANDŪCĀRE directly, while Italian got it through French.
Catalano
/mənˈʒa/
altra origine · Latin MANDŪCĀRE 'to chew, munch', probably via Occitan or Old French
Inglese
/it/
parente indoeuropea · PIE *h₁ed-
'Eat' is a distant cognate of the EDERE inside COM-EDERE.
L’antenato latino
COMEDERE‘to eat up’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Classical EDERE 'to eat' was too short to survive. Spanish kept the prefixed COMEDERE; French and Italian chose a slangy 'to munch' — Italian probably by way of Old French.
Parenti inglesi: comestible (from COMEDERE); mandible (from MANDERE, 'to chew')
Imparala
In una frase
- esComemos a las nueve.
- frOn mange à neuf heures.
- itMangiamo alle nove.
- ptA gente come às nove.
- roMâncăm la nouă.
- caMengem a les nou.
- enWe eat at nine.