"active" in seven languages
Meaningactive
Spanish
activo
/akˈtibo/
learned
French
actif
/aktif/
learned
fem.: active
Italian
attivo
/atˈtivo/
learned
Portuguese
ativo
/aˈtʃivu/
learned
Romanian
activ
/akˈtiv/
learned
Catalan
actiu
/əkˈtiw/
learned
English
active
/ˈæktɪv/
from Latin/French · Old French actif (Latin ĀCTĪVUS)
English → ItalianactiveattivoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ĀCTĪVUM‘of doing (from AGERE 'to do')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Learned in all four. Italian, which does not tolerate ct, made it attivo even in a learned word; French gave it its usual -if / -ive ending.
English relatives: act, action, actor, activity
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In a sentence
- esMi abuela es muy activa.
- frMa grand-mère est très active.
- itMia nonna è molto attiva.
- ptMinha avó é muito ativa.
- roBunica mea este foarte activă.
- caLa meva àvia és molt activa.
- enMy grandmother is very active.
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