"diet (eating plan)" in seven languages
Meaningdiet (eating plan)
Spanish
dieta
/ˈdjeta/
fem.learned
French
régime
/ʁeʒim/
masc.other source · Latin REGIMEN 'guidance' (learned)
Diète exists, but means a medical diet or fasting.
Italian
dieta
/ˈdjɛta/
fem.learned
Portuguese
dieta
/dʒiˈɛtɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
dietă
/diˈetə/
fem.learned
Catalan
dieta
/diˈɛtə/
fem.learned
English
diet
/ˈdaɪət/
from Latin/French · Old French diete, from Latin
English → Italiandiet (eating plan)dietaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DIAETAM‘way of life, regimen (from Greek diaita)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Greek diaita was a whole way of living; the word narrowed to what you eat. French says régime, the same word as a political regime.
English relatives: dietary, dietitian
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In a sentence
- esEstoy a dieta.
- frJe suis au régime.
- itSono a dieta.
- ptEstou de dieta.
- roȚin dietă.
- caFaig dieta.
- enI'm on a diet.
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