"daughter" in seven languages
Meaningdaughter
Spanish
hija
/ˈixa/
fem.inherited
French
fille
/fij/
fem.inherited
Also 'girl'.
Italian
figlia
/ˈfiʎʎa/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
filha
/ˈfiʎɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
fiică
/ˈfiikə/
fem.inherited
Old fie ← FĪLIAM, extended with the diminutive suffix -că.
Catalan
filla
/ˈfiʎə/
fem.inherited
English
daughter
/ˈdɔtɚ/
native English · Old English dohtor
English → ItaliandaughterfigliaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: filial.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
FĪLIAM‘daughter’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
FĪLIAM runs the same course as FĪLIUM (hija, figlia). French fille doubles as 'girl', so 'my daughter' is ma fille and 'a girl' une (jeune) fille.
English relatives: filial
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In a sentence
- esSu hija es médica.
- frLeur fille est médecin.
- itLa loro figlia è medico.
- ptA filha deles é médica.
- roFiica lor e medic.
- caLa seva filla és metgessa.
- enTheir daughter is a doctor.