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"activity" in seven languages

Meaningactivity

Spanish

actividad

/aktibiˈdad/

fem.learned

French

activité

/aktivite/

fem.learned

Italian

attività

/attiviˈta/

fem.learned

Portuguese

atividade

/atʃiviˈdadʒi/

fem.learned

Romanian

activitate

/aktiviˈtate/

fem.learned

Catalan

activitat

/əktibiˈtat/

fem.learned

English

activity

/ækˈtɪvəti/

from Latin/French · French activité, from Medieval Latin

English → ItalianactivityattivitàCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ACTĪVITĀTEM‘activity (Medieval Latin, from ACTĪVUS 'active')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

A medieval scholars' coinage on ACTĪVUS; the -TĀTEM ending gives -dad, -té, -tà and -ty right on schedule. Italian assimilates the ct even in learned words (attività).

English relatives: active, act, action

Sound laws at work

-TĀTEM: -dad, -té, -tà

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In a sentence

  • esNadar es mi actividad favorita.
  • frLa natation est mon activité préférée.
  • itIl nuoto è la mia attività preferita.
  • ptNadar é minha atividade favorita.
  • roÎnotul e activitatea mea preferată.
  • caNedar és la meva activitat preferida.
  • enSwimming is my favourite activity.

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