"arrival" in seven languages
Meaningarrival
Spanish
/ʝeˈgada/
fem.other source · from llegar (Latin PLICĀRE 'to fold', later 'to bring near')
French
/aʁive/
fem.inherited
Italian
/arˈrivo/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
/ʃeˈgadɐ/
fem.other source · from chegar (Latin PLICĀRE 'to fold', later 'to bring near')
Portuguese turns Latin PL- into ch-: PLICĀRE → chegar, PLĒNUM → cheio.
Romanian
/soˈsire/
fem.other source · from sosi 'to arrive', a Greek loan
Catalan
/əriˈbadə/
fem.inherited
English
/əˈɹaɪvəl/
from Latin/French · Anglo-French arrivaille
The Latin ancestor
*ADRĪPĀRE‘to reach the bank (from RĪPA 'riverbank')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French and Italian arrive by 'reaching the shore'. Spanish llegar is PLICĀRE with the PL- → ll- change; its sense moved from 'folding' to 'bringing close' to 'arriving'.
English relatives: arrive, riparian; ply, apply (PLICĀRE)
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In a sentence
- es¿A qué hora es la llegada?
- frL'arrivée est à quelle heure ?
- itA che ora è l'arrivo?
- ptA que horas é a chegada?
- roLa ce oră e sosirea?
- caA quina hora és l'arribada?
- enWhat time is the arrival?