"depth" in seven languages
Meaningdepth
Spanish
profundidad
/pɾofundiˈdad/
fem.learned
French
profondeur
/pʁɔfɔ̃dœʁ/
fem.inherited
A French formation: profond + -eur.
Italian
profondità
/profondiˈta/
fem.learned
Portuguese
profundidade
/pɾofũdʒiˈdadʒi/
fem.learned
Romanian
adâncime
/adɨnˈtʃime/
fem.other source · Romanian adânc 'deep', of disputed Latin origin
Profunzime exists, mostly figurative.
Catalan
profunditat
/pɾufundiˈtat/
fem.learned
English
depth
/dɛpθ/
native English · Middle English, from deep (Old English dēop)
English → ItaliandepthprofonditàNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: profound, profundity.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PROFUNDUM‘deep’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian took Latin PROFUNDITĀTEM, with the usual -dad / -tà; French built its own noun on profond. English profound is the same adjective, used only figuratively.
English relatives: profound, profundity
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In a sentence
- es¿Qué profundidad tiene el lago?
- frQuelle est la profondeur du lac ?
- itQual è la profondità del lago?
- ptQual é a profundidade do lago?
- roCe adâncime are lacul?
- caQuina profunditat té el llac?
- enWhat is the depth of the lake?
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