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"weight" in sette lingue

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Spagnolo

peso

/ˈpeso/

m.ereditaria

Also the name of several Latin American currencies.

Francese

poids

/pwa/

m.ereditaria

The silent d was added by scribes who wrongly linked it to Latin PONDUS 'weight'.

Italiano

peso

/ˈpeso/

m.ereditaria

Portoghese

peso

/ˈpezu/

m.ereditaria

Rumeno

greutate

/ɡreuˈtate/

f.altra origine · greu 'heavy' (Latin GRAVEM) + -tate

Catalano

pes

/pɛs/

m.ereditaria

Inglese

weight

/weɪt/

inglese nativa · Old English wiht

Inglese → ItalianoweightpesoNon imparentataOrigini diverse: questa va imparata da zero. Ma l’inglese ha dei parenti: poise, pension, compensate, pensive.Cosa hanno in comune inglese e italiano

L’antenato latino

PĒNSUM‘a portion weighed out (PENDERE 'to weigh')’

Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.

La storia

Spoken Latin dropped the n before s (PĒNSUM → *pesu), so Spanish and Italian peso look identical; French went on to oi.

Parenti inglesi: poise, pension, compensate, pensive

Imparala

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In una frase

  • esLa maleta supera el límite de peso.
  • frLa valise dépasse la limite de poids.
  • itLa valigia supera il limite di peso.
  • ptA mala passou do limite de peso.
  • roValiza depășește limita de greutate.
  • caLa maleta supera el límit de pes.
  • enThe suitcase is over the weight limit.

La famiglia latina

PEND-, PENS-· hang, weigh

PENSĀRE 'to weigh' already lost its n in spoken Latin (NS → S, as in MĒNSA → mesa), giving the inherited pesar, peser, pesare 'to weigh'. The Church and the schools kept the full form for 'weighing things in the mind', and pensar, penser, pensare 'to think' are that learned branch. French even has a third doublet: panser 'to dress (a wound)', originally just a spelling of penser 'to take care of'. Portuguese and Catalan keep both doublets (pesar beside pensar). Romanian kept only the worn-down one, as păsa 'to matter' (nu-mi pasă 'I don't care'), and thinks with gândi, a Hungarian loan.

  • PENSĀREto weigh

    espesarfrpeseritpesareptpesarropăsacapesar

  • PENSĀREto weigh in the mind, think

    espensarfrpenseritpensareptpensarcapensar

  • PENSUMa weight (of wool)

    espesofrpoidsitpesoptpesocapesenpoise

  • PENSIŌNEMa payment (weighed out)

    espensiónfrpensionitpensioneptpensãoropensiecapensióenpension

  • COMPENSĀREto weigh one thing against another

    escompensarfrcompenseritcompensareptcompensarrocompensacacompensarencompensate

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