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"association (group, club)" in seven languages

Meaningassociation (group, club)

Spanish

asociación

/asoθjaˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

association

/asɔsjasjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

associazione

/assotʃatˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

associação

/asosjaˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

asociație

/asoˈtʃiatsie/

fem.borrowed · French association

Catalan

associació

/əsusiəsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

association

/əsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/

from Latin/French · French association, from Medieval Latin ASSOCIĀTIŌNEM

English → Italianassociation (group, club)associazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ASSOCIĀTIŌNEM‘a joining together (SOCIUS 'companion')’

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

The story

Built on SOCIUS 'companion, ally'; the same word is Spanish socio and Italian socio, 'member, partner'.

English relatives: associate, social, society

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esFundó una asociación de vecinos.
  • frElle a fondé une association de quartier.
  • itHa fondato un'associazione di quartiere.
  • ptEla fundou uma associação de moradores.
  • roA înființat o asociație de cartier.
  • caVa fundar una associació de veïns.
  • enShe founded a neighbourhood association.

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