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"condition (requirement)" in seven languages

Meaningcondition (requirement)

Spanish

condición

/kondiˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

condition

/kɔ̃disjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

condizione

/konditˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

condição

/kõdʒiˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

condiție

/konˈditsie/

fem.learned

Catalan

condició

/kundisiˈo/

fem.learned

English

condition

/kənˈdɪʃən/

from Latin/French · Old French condicion

English → Italiancondition (requirement)condizioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CONDICIŌNEM‘agreement, terms (CONDĪCERE 'to agree')’

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

The story

Latin CONDICIO, from DĪCERE 'to say', was the terms you agreed on. Later scribes spelled it conditio, and the t-spelling won in French, Italian and English; Spanish writes c either way.

English relatives: conditional, precondition

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esVendré con una condición.
  • frJe viendrai à une condition.
  • itVerrò a una condizione.
  • ptEu vou com uma condição.
  • roVin cu o condiție.
  • caVindré amb una condició.
  • enI'll come on one condition.

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