"absolutely" in seven languages
Meaningabsolutely
Spanish
absolutamente
/absoluˈtamente/
learned
French
absolument
/apsolymɑ̃/
learned
Italian
assolutamente
/assolutaˈmente/
learned
Portuguese
absolutamente
/absolutaˈmẽtʃi/
learned
Romanian
absolut
/absoˈlut/
learned
Romanian uses the bare adjective as the adverb.
Catalan
absolutament
/əpsulutəˈmen/
learned
English
absolutely
/ˈæbsəlutli/
from Latin/French · absolute (Old French absolut, Latin) + -ly
English → ItalianabsolutelyassolutamenteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ABSOLŪTUM‘loosened, complete (ABSOLVERE 'to set free')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The same adjective plus the MENTE ending in all three. Italian assimilates bs to ss, as it does with ps and x (assoluto, like esso from IPSUM).
English relatives: absolute, absolve, solution
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In a sentence
- esNo entiendo absolutamente nada.
- frJe ne comprends absolument rien.
- itNon capisco assolutamente niente.
- ptNão entendo absolutamente nada.
- roNu înțeleg absolut nimic.
- caNo entenc absolutament res.
- enI understand absolutely nothing.
More words from the same Latin
More in Little words
- beyondmás allá (de)au-delà (de)oltrealém (de)dincolo (de)més enllà (de)
- unlessa menos queà moins quea meno chea menos quedacă nua menys que
- nobody, no onenadiepersonnenessunoninguémnimeniningú
- easilyfácilmentefacilementfacilmentefacilmenteușorfàcilment
- literallyliteralmentelittéralementletteralmenteliteralmenteliteralliteralment
- thus (in this way)asíainsicosìassimașaaixí