"to read" in sette lingue
Significatoto read
Spagnolo
/leˈeɾ/
ereditaria
Francese
/liʁ/
ereditaria
Italiano
/ˈlɛddʒere/
ereditaria
Portoghese
/leh/
ereditaria
Rumeno
/tʃiˈti/
altra origine · Slavic čisti, čĭtǫ 'to count, read'
Catalano
/ʎəˈʒi/
ereditaria
Inglese
/ɹid/
inglese nativa · Old English rǣdan
L’antenato latino
LEGERE‘to gather, pick out; to read’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
To read was to gather: LEGERE first meant picking up, then picking out letters. Italian keeps the g; Spanish lost it (leer) and French shrank the word to lire.
Parenti inglesi: lecture, legible, lectern, legend
Imparala
In una frase
- esLeo antes de dormir.
- frJe lis avant de dormir.
- itLeggo prima di dormire.
- ptLeio antes de dormir.
- roCitesc înainte de culcare.
- caLlegeixo abans d'anar a dormir.
- enI read before going to sleep.
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