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"departure" in seven languages

Meaningdeparture

Spanish

salida

/saˈlida/

fem.other source · from salir 'to go out' (Latin SALĪRE 'to jump')

Also the exit.

French

départ

/depaʁ/

masc.inherited

Italian

partenza

/parˈtɛntsa/

fem.inherited

Portuguese

partida

/pahˈtʃidɐ/

fem.inherited

Romanian

plecare

/pleˈkare/

fem.other source · from pleca 'to leave' (Latin PLICĀRE 'to fold')

Romanian pleca and Spanish llegar share PLICĀRE: one leaves, the other arrives.

Catalan

sortida

/surˈtidə/

fem.other source · from sortir 'to go out', of disputed origin

English

departure

/dɪˈpɑɹtʃɚ/

from Latin/French · Anglo-French departure

English → ItaliandeparturepartenzaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

PARTĪRE / PARTĪRĪ‘to divide, share out’

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

The story

To leave was once 'to part company' — French partir and Italian partire. Spanish partir means 'to split' (and only formally 'to set off'); everyday Spain 'jumps out' (salir).

English relatives: depart, departure, part, party

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In a sentence

  • esLas salidas están en la primera planta.
  • frLes départs sont au premier étage.
  • itLe partenze sono al primo piano.
  • ptAs partidas ficam no primeiro andar.
  • roPlecările sunt la etajul unu.
  • caLes sortides són a la primera planta.
  • enDepartures are on the first floor.

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