"duty" in seven languages

Meaningduty

Spanish

deber

/deˈbeɾ/

masc.inherited

French

devoir

/dəvwaʁ/

masc.inherited

Italian

dovere

/doˈvere/

masc.inherited

Portuguese

dever

/deˈveh/

masc.inherited

Romanian

datorie

/datoˈrie/

fem.other source · Romanian dator 'owing', from Latin DĒBITŌREM 'debtor'

Also 'debt': the same idea of what you owe.

Catalan

deure

/ˈdɛwɾə/

masc.inherited

English

duty

/ˈduti/

from Latin/French · Anglo-French dueté (Old French deu, from DĒBĒRE)

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

The Latin ancestor

DĒBĒRE‘to owe’

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

The verb 'to owe' used as a noun: your duty is what you owe. In the plural, Spanish and French use it for homework.

English relatives: debt, due, duty, debit