"during" in seven languages
Meaningduring
Spanish
/duˈɾante/
inherited
A frozen participle of durar 'to last'.
French
/pɑ̃dɑ̃/
other source · participle of pendre ← Latin PENDĒRE 'to hang'
Durant exists too, a little more formal.
Italian
/duˈrante/
inherited
A frozen participle of durare.
Portuguese
/duˈɾɐ̃tʃi/
inherited
Romanian
/ɨn ˈtimpul/
other source · timp 'time' (Latin TEMPUS)
Catalan
/duˈɾan/
inherited
English
/ˈdʊɹɪŋ/
from Latin/French · Old French durant, participle of durer
The Latin ancestor
DŪRĀRE‘to last’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
'During the film' is literally 'the film lasting' — a present participle turned preposition. English took it from French durant; modern French prefers pendant, literally 'the film hanging' (still pending).
English relatives: endure, durable, duration
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In a sentence
- esDurmió durante la película.
- frIl a dormi pendant le film.
- itHa dormito durante il film.
- ptEle dormiu durante o filme.
- roA dormit în timpul filmului.
- caVa dormir durant la pel·lícula.
- enHe slept during the film.