"commission (committee; fee)" in seven languages
Meaningcommission (committee; fee)
Spanish
comisión
/komiˈsjon/
fem.learned
French
commission
/kɔmisjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
commissione
/kommisˈsjone/
fem.learned
Fare commissioni means 'to run errands'.
Portuguese
comissão
/komiˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
comisie
/koˈmisie/
fem.learned
Catalan
comissió
/kumiˈsjo/
fem.learned
English
commission
/kəˈmɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French commission, from Latin
English → Italiancommission (committee; fee)commissioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COMMISSIŌNEM‘an entrusting (COMMITTERE 'to entrust')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
COMMITTERE 'to entrust' gave both senses: a body entrusted with a task, and a fee for business entrusted to you. Spanish simplifies the double consonants: comisión.
English relatives: commit, committee, commissioner
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In a sentence
- esLa comisión publicará su informe en mayo.
- frLa commission publiera son rapport en mai.
- itLa commissione pubblicherà la sua relazione a maggio.
- ptA comissão vai publicar o relatório em maio.
- roComisia își va publica raportul în mai.
- caLa comissió publicarà el seu informe al maig.
- enThe commission will publish its report in May.
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