"abroad" in seven languages
Meaningabroad
Spanish
/en el ekstɾanˈxeɾo/
borrowed · Old French estrangier 'foreigner'
Inherited from the same Latin is extraño 'strange'.
French
/a letʁɑ̃ʒe/
inherited
Italian
/alˈlɛstero/
other source · Latin EXTERUM 'outside, foreign' (learned)
Portuguese
/nu isteɾiˈoh/
other source · Latin EXTERIŌREM 'outer' (learned)
Romanian
/ɨn strəinəˈtate/
inherited
Străin 'foreign' is inherited from EXTRĀNEUM; străinătate adds an abstract-noun suffix.
Catalan
/ə ləstɾənˈʒe/
borrowed · Old French estrangier 'foreigner'
English
/əˈbɹɔd/
native English · Middle English on brode 'widely'
The Latin ancestor
EXTRĀNEUM‘external, foreign’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and French go 'to the foreigner's land'. Spanish extranjero is an Old French loan (estrangier), which is why it doesn't look like its own extraño. Italian simply goes 'outside': all'estero.
English relatives: strange, stranger, estranged
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In a sentence
- esMi hermana vive en el extranjero.
- frMa sœur vit à l'étranger.
- itMia sorella vive all'estero.
- ptMinha irmã mora no exterior.
- roSora mea locuiește în străinătate.
- caLa meva germana viu a l'estranger.
- enMy sister lives abroad.