"worker (manual, factory)" in sette lingue
Significatoworker (manual, factory)
Spagnolo
/oˈbɾeɾo/
m.ereditaria
f.: obrera
Francese
/uvʁije/
m.ereditaria
f.: ouvrière
Italiano
/opeˈrajo/
m.ereditaria
Portoghese
/opeˈɾaɾju/
m.dotta
The inherited doublet obreiro survives, mostly for building workers.
Rumeno
/muntʃiˈtor/
m.altra origine · Romanian munci 'to toil', from muncă (Old Church Slavonic mǫka)
Catalano
/uˈbɾe/
m.ereditaria
Inglese
/ˈwɝkɚ/
inglese nativa · Old English weorc + -er
L’antenato latino
OPERĀRIUM‘labourer (from OPUS, OPERIS 'work')’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
A textbook pair of laws: the p softens (b in Spanish, v in French, kept in Italian) and -ĀRIUM becomes -ero, -ier, -aio. Opera is the Latin plural of OPUS — 'works'.
Parenti inglesi: operate, operation, opera
Leggi fonetiche all’opera
Imparala
In una frase
- esLos obreros están en huelga.
- frLes ouvriers sont en grève.
- itGli operai sono in sciopero.
- ptOs operários estão em greve.
- roMuncitorii sunt în grevă.
- caEls obrers són en vaga.
- enThe workers are on strike.
La famiglia latina
OPUS, OPER-· work
Latin had both OPUS 'a work' and OPERA 'effort, labour'; the sisters inherited the second: obra, œuvre, opera. Spanish shows the popular P → b (obrar, obrero) against the learned operar, operación, and Italian's sung opera is simply 'the work'. Portuguese and Catalan obra are inherited as well; Romanian borrowed operă from the learned side.
OPERAMeffort, work
esobrafrœuvreitoperaptobrarooperăcaobraenopera
OPERĀRIUMworkman
esobrerofrouvrieritoperaioptoperáriocaobrer
OPERĀRĪto work
esoperarfropéreritoperareptoperarrooperacaoperarenoperate
OPERĀTIŌNEMa working
esoperaciónfropérationitoperazioneptoperaçãorooperațiecaoperacióenoperation
*MANUOPERAhandwork
esmaniobrafrmanœuvreitmanovraptmanobraromanevrăcamaniobraenmanoeuvre