"document" in seven languages
Meaningdocument
Spanish
documento
/dokuˈmento/
masc.learned
French
document
/dɔkymɑ̃/
masc.learned
Italian
documento
/dokuˈmento/
masc.learned
Portuguese
documento
/dokuˈmẽtu/
masc.learned
Romanian
document
/dokuˈment/
neut.learned
Catalan
document
/dukuˈmen/
masc.learned
English
document
/ˈdɑkjəmənt/
from Latin/French · Latin DOCUMENTUM, via Old French
English → ItaliandocumentdocumentoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DOCUMENTUM‘lesson, example, proof (from DOCĒRE 'to teach')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
DOCUMENTUM was first 'a lesson', from DOCĒRE 'to teach' — a document is what teaches you the facts. Learned in all four languages, so it barely changed.
English relatives: doctor, doctrine, docile, documentary
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In a sentence
- esFirme el documento aquí.
- frSignez le document ici.
- itFirmi il documento qui.
- ptAssine o documento aqui.
- roSemnați documentul aici.
- caSigna el document aquí.
- enSign the document here.
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