"damage" in seven languages
Meaningdamage
Spanish
daño
/ˈdaɲo/
masc.inherited
Often plural: daños.
French
dommage
/dɔmaʒ/
masc.inherited
Physical damage is usually dégâts; c'est dommage means 'it's a pity'.
Italian
danno
/ˈdanno/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
dano
/ˈdɐnu/
masc.inherited
Romanian
pagubă
/ˈpaɡubə/
fem.other source · of uncertain origin
Catalan
dany
/daɲ/
masc.inherited
English
damage
/ˈdæmɪdʒ/
from Latin/French · Old French damage
English → ItaliandamagedannoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DAMNUM‘loss, harm’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin DAMNUM 'loss': Spanish turned mn into ñ, Italian into nn. French added -age (Old French damage, which English borrowed); the modern form is dommage.
English relatives: damn, condemn, indemnity
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In a sentence
- esLa tormenta causó daños graves.
- frLa tempête a causé de graves dommages.
- itLa tempesta ha causato danni gravi.
- ptA tempestade causou danos graves.
- roFurtuna a provocat pagube grave.
- caLa tempesta va causar danys greus.
- enThe storm caused serious damage.