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"approval" in seven languages

Meaningapproval

Spanish

aprobación

/apɾobaˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

approbation

/apʁɔbasjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

approvazione

/approvatˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

aprovação

/apɾovaˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

aprobare

/aproˈbare/

fem.other source · Romanian aproba + -are, from Latin APPROBĀRE

Catalan

aprovació

/əpɾubəsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

approval

/əˈpɹuvəl/

from Latin/French · Old French aprover (Latin APPROBĀRE) + English -al

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

The Latin ancestor

APPROBĀTIŌNEM‘approval (from APPROBĀRE 'to approve')’

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

The story

The sisters use the learned Latin noun; English made its own from the verb approve, whose Old French ancestor had already turned the b into v.

English relatives: approve, approbation, prove, probation

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esEl proyecto necesita la aprobación del consejo.
  • frLe projet a besoin de l'approbation du conseil.
  • itIl progetto ha bisogno dell'approvazione del consiglio.
  • ptO projeto precisa da aprovação da diretoria.
  • roProiectul are nevoie de aprobarea consiliului.
  • caEl projecte necessita l'aprovació del consell.
  • enThe project needs the board's approval.

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